Is there a "cu" type modem dial-out utility for Linux like in HP-UX

[Debbie Fleith]

We are converting our in-house HP-UX support server to Red Hat ES 3.0. While many of our customers allow us to support them via VPN these days, we still have several that rely on us to dial into their Unix servers and get to a command prompt for support.

We used to use HP-UX "cu" and it worked just perfectly for our needs. Is there an equivalent modem dial-out utility that will allow me to configure multiple modems to connect to multiple Linux boxes on demand. We just want to get to a login prompt on the Unix server (HP-UX and Linux) from our in-house Linux server and then manually login from there.

[Ivan Ferreira]

Try using minicom.

[Arunvijai_4]

"cu" is available in RHES3.0. You can use it as well.

-Arun

[Gopi Sekar]

check the wvdial package, it has profile storing mechanism so that you can use different configuration files to call different locations.

It also has limited expect like functionality through which you can automate the functionalities like username/password typing to remote location to start the ppp etc.

http://open.nit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=WvDial

Regards,
Gopi

[Debbie Fleith]

I can't find a "cu" utility for Red Hat ES 3.0-- Arun, do you know where I can get it?

[Rick Garland]

There is a cu command that is similar but requires loading the specific RPM package that has it.

[Debbie Fleith]

I found the "cu" rpm and have it installed. There is very little documentation, most of which describe how to setup uucp, not just use "cu" to simply dial another Linux system manually.

Does anyone have a sample "/etc/uucp/sys" and "/etc/uucp/port" and "/etc/uucp/config" files to show me how to setup all of our systems we need to dial into?