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================= IMPORTANT CHANGE IN THIS RELEASE ====================
So we can use both telnet and modem communication I did make a little
change in the main program of maximus.

If you want to start a telnet task just type max -pt1 -w ...

If you want to start a modem task just type max -p1 -w ...

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Dear Maximus'er,

As you might have noticed multiuser telnet has been a bit
of a problem with earlier versions of Maximus/Unix, but I
really think I've reached a solution which might be pretty usefull.

The new solution requires Inetd, to work properly.

It works in this way:

1. A connect arrivies
2. Inetd is starting 'maxcomm'
3. 'maxcomm' is looking for a free unix socket,
   which maximus creates in the root dir of max
   then it starts. It's called maxipc<tasknumber>.
   'maxcomm' will search until it finds a free one.
4. 'maxcomm' is sending and recieving data between
   the telnet connection and the unix socket.
   
Well that's pretty fine, but how do I set it up?

Here is my configuration (/home/ftn is like /var/max (default max rootdir)):

First we setup inetd, insert the line (or remove a existing
telnet line) into /etc/inetd.conf

telnet          stream  tcp     nowait  ftn     /usr/sbin/tcpd /home/ftn/shell/runrun.sh

After that create a /home/ftn/shell/runrun.sh (or simulear):

#!/bin/sh
cd /home/ftn
bin/maxcomm

If you have a running maximus task it might work. 

Here is just a super sneaky advice if you use the program 'screen',
here is the relavant lines of my .screenrc

screen -t BinkD 0 /home/ftn/shell/binkd.sh
screen -t MAX 1 /home/ftn/shell/max.sh 1
screen -t MAX 2 /home/ftn/shell/max.sh 2
screen -t MAX 3 /home/ftn/shell/max.sh 3
screen -t MAX 4 /home/ftn/shell/max.sh 4

And max.sh is like:

ERRLVL=0
TASK=$1

while [ $ERRLVL -eq 0 ]; do
  cd /home/ftn/
  bin/max -w -pt$TASK -b38400 -n$TASK
  ERR=$?
  echo "errorlevel " $ERR
  ERRLVL=0
  if [ $ERR = 1 ]; then
     echo "Exting Max ..."
     exit
     ERRLVL=1
  fi
  sleep 7
done
			  
Th-that's it folks.

Friendly Regards,
Bo Simonsen
bo@geekworld.dk / 2:236/100