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Chapter 3—Driver Installation - RedHat Linux
LINUX-RPM -- Dial-in configuration:To configure a particular port for dial-in, utilities like 'mgetty' need to
be installed on the system. If, for example, the port /dev/ttyM2c needs
to be configured for a remote-access dial-in connection, an entry of the
form 'M2c:12345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyM2c /dev/
ttyM2c' needs to be added in the /etc/inittab file. After you have
made the change, execute 'init q' so that the 'init' process re-reads
the inittab file and spawns the mgetty process to wait for an incoming
connection. Users can then dial in, use their user names and passwords
to log in, and access their accounts on the machine.
To disable dial-in access on a particular port, change the entry in the /
etc/inittab file to 'M2c:12345:off:/sbin/mgetty ttyM2c'or
just comment-out that entry by prefixing a '#' to the entry on the line.
LINUX-RPM -- PPP setup:The 'PPP-HOWTO' (a document that is available as a part of the
'HOWTO' documentation on most of the distributions under /usr/doc/
HOWTO) explains in detail the procedure for configuring a Linux
machine as a PPP server. This information is also available at
http://www.interweft.com.au/other/ppp-howto/ppp-howto.html.
The documentation in the PPP-HOWTO is directly applicable to ISI
ports.
Removing the ISI Driver (Linux-RPM)1.To remove the ISI driver, type rpm -e isicom
If more than one instance of the isicom file exists in the system, an error
message will be returned. To resolve this, type rpm -q isicom. Press
ENTER. All isicom RPM modules will be listed. Decide which of
these files you want to delete. Then type rpm -e
filename
to
delete those files.