And MZ's response amounted to just blowing it off completely instead of
providing assistance. Where's that excellent technical that they pride
themselves on ?
Not every customer uses PM products as remote access devices. There is still
a need for adding serial ports to UNIX hosts and being able to share modems
or other devices. If Livingston can't help me then I have to look at a
another NAS solution.
>
>
> What I keep wondering is why Livingston dislikes in.pmd so much? Can't
> they make a new one then that works better (if needed)? All the other NAS
> makers have applications to remotely use modems on terminal servers as
> serial ports and ttys..
>
> - Steve
> - Systems Manager
> - Community Internet Access, Inc.
> - Gallup and Grants, New Mexico
>
> On Fri, 28 Nov 1997, Rich Bauer wrote:
>
> > >From: MegaZone <megazone@livingston.com>
> > >Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 21:03:26 -0800 (PST)
> > >Subject: (PM) IN.PMD (fwd)
> > >
> > >Once upon a time Rich Bauer shaped the electrons to say...
> > >I found in.pmd at ftp://ftp.livingston.com/pub/livingston/software/sun4/
> > >but where is the manual for it ? The aqua blue print edition
> > >
> > >in.pmd is, well, less than well documented. We're basically moving away
> > >from it, we don't support it on most platforms now and a rapidly shrinking
> > >percentage of customers use it.
> >
> > But there are customers who still require this functionality. Myself included.
> > The least you could do is put some comprehensive documentation on the web site.
> >
> > >
> > >How is the relationship between tty's and in.pmd established ? What
> > >are the range of tty's available ? How are modem and terminal devices
> > >differentiated ?
> >
> > >1. With the 'service_device' setting on the port of the NAS.
> > >2. Any you want, just don't conflict with other services.
> > >3. There is no differentiation. A tty is a tty - just like a local serial
> > >port tty.
> >
> > I have to setup a VSI fax server on a Sparc, and I would like to use the
> > modems attached to a PM2e, rather than have to buy a digiboard and do the
> > whole thing on a Solaris x86 pc box. Please tell me how to configure
> > in.pmd properly to support my application. I need to know specifically
> > how the entries in /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf need to be created,
> > as well as their owner and file permissions. Also, a one pager of how
> > to use in.pmd would be nice.
> >
> > Rich
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