Subj : Looking for sysop with modem in EU
To   : Bj”rn Wiberg
From : Dmitry Protasoff
Date : Mon Oct 07 2024 08:03 pm

Hello, Bj”rn!

Monday October 07 2024 10:11, you wrote to me:

 BW> (By the way, do you know if there is any way to create "virtual"
 BW> mgetty users, e.g. that "zork" and "quit" don't have to be actual user
 BW> accounts on the machine, but could be routed to another single user
 BW> account, e.g. "bbs"? I don't think I found anything in the mgetty
 BW> docs, but I could have missed something...)

Here is my current configuration:

/etc/mgetty/login.config

/FIDO/  uucp    news    /opt/fido/sbin/qico -a emsi @
bbs - - /usr/bin/telnet -8 127.0.0.1 8088
zork - - /usr/bin/telnet multizork.icculus.org
quit - - /usr/bin/false

# Don't allow local logins:
*       nobody  @       /bin/false

-+-

bbs, zork and quit - are all virtual, they don't exist in /etc/passwd.
The last line is required to restict all local users from logging in via mgetty.

 BW> I have a ZyXEL U-336S that I bought from a computer shop in Moscow (by
 BW> way of an online broker) a couple of years ago, which I hope to put
 BW> online in the future.

Very nice looking modem, it was my dream ~30 year ago to get it ;)


Best regards,
             dp.

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