Getting 'getty' to hangup dialup lines.

chris at umcp-cs.UUCP chris at umcp-cs.UUCP
Tue Aug 21 15:56:09 AEST 1984


The ``fswtch'' system call sounds a lot like Rehmi Post's hack for
doing the same.  Only his runs in user mode -- now THAT'S living
dangerously.  Obviously such a system call has to be restricted to
the super user . . . (``Whaddaya mean, he read my password by switching
my terminal and his!?'')
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