dialups(4) File Formats dialups(4)NAMEdialups - list of terminal devices requiring a dial-up password
SYNOPSIS
/etc/dialups
DESCRIPTIONdialups is an ASCII file which contains a list of terminal devices
that require a dial-up password. A dial-up password is an additional
password required of users who access the computer through a modem or
dial-up port. The correct password must be entered before the user is
granted access to the computer. The set of ports that require a dial-up
password are listed in the dialups file.
Each entry in the dialups file is a single line of the form:
terminal-device
where
terminal-device The full path name of the terminal device that
will require a dial-up password for users
accessing the computer through a modem or dial-
up port.
The dialups file should be owned by the root user and the root group.
The file should have read and write permissions for the owner (root)
only.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: A sample dialups file.
Here is a sample dialups file:
/dev/term/a
/dev/term/b
/dev/term/c
FILES
/etc/d_passwd dial-up password file
/etc/dialups list of dial-up ports requiring dial-up pass‐
words
SEE ALSOd_passwd(4)SunOS 5.10 4 May 1994 dialups(4)