To Set Up a Hotline Connection

To Set Up a Hotline

When to use Set up a hotline connection after you have edited the Devices file.

Procedure Use the following steps to set up a hotline connection.

Step	Action

1	If necessary, enter the following command to change to
	the uucp directory:
	cd /etc/uucp

2	Use a UNIX editor to open the Dialers file.
	Example: vi Dialers

3	At the end of the file, enter the following hotline string as
	one line of text.
	hotline "" ""\K\r\r\r\d
	in:-\K\r\r\r\d-in:-\K\r\r\r\d-in: \d
	This string:
	■ Specifies the hotline dialing option
	■ Establishes a hotline for all the tty devices you
	added to the Devices file

4	Write and quit the file.

5	Go to To Administer the Proxy Agent.

Issue 2 April 1996 6-29