Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 22:46:35 -0400 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp Message-ID: <4.1.0.67.19981016224502.009b4ee0@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810162245240.25178-100000@picnic.mat.net> References: <4.1.0.67.19981016223310.00aab360@genesis.ispace.com>
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Getty doesn't do it for me.. I don't think it supports PPP-detection either, maybe the latest version does.. MGetty just passes it off to ppp... I found it to be a no-muss situation. .Also it supports things like init strings, in an easier to deal with config file group. At 10:47 PM 10/16/98 -0400, you wrote: >On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Drew Baxter wrote: > >> I'm using MGetty here.. Automatically passes over to PPP with PAP no >> problem, and it handles modem answering and init and all that kinda stuff >too. >> >> Consider using that at all? > >Not unless the system getty won't do it, no. From indications in the >ppp man page, it should do it, and I want to find out what I'm doing >wrong, not just find thick enough wallpaper to hide the mistake. > >I need to find why getty is hanging up on me. Regular logins work >perfectly fine, but a ppp login, with "set login" set to null, makes it >hang up. > > >> >> At 10:26 PM 10/16/98 -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: >> >I'm trying to change the method of ppp again, this time I want to use >> >pap authentication only. I think I have several things wrong, so I'm >> >going to try to fix just one at a time, and work through all the crud >> >serially. >> > >> >The first problem I have is connecting at the server end; immediately >> >after the server puts it's login banner out, it disconnects towards me. >> >I've taken a look at the hex, I'm sure of this, that my modem is giving >> >me a CARRIER LOST message after I put out the starting lcp stuff, when >> >the login process at the other end gets confused. >> > >> >I have the pp feature enabled in gettytab, like the ppp manpage says, >> >and I have /usr/local/bin/ppplogin exactly as per form. Should the >> >server end be getting confused, when putting out "login:", that it gets >> >the ppp startup hdlc stuff instead? The getty manpage makes no >> >reference at all to this, but the ppp man page does ... I've also taken >> >a cursory look at the getty source itself, it has provisions to >> >recognize ppp, although I'm not sure if I need to do anything more than >> >just enable the pp feature in gettytab. >> > >> >Thanks ... >> > >> >----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- >> >Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data >> >chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. >> >213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | >> >Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) >> >(301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). >> >----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message >> >> --- >> Drew "Droobie" Baxter >> Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) >> OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 >> http://www.droo.orland.me.us >> >> >> > >----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- >Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data >chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. >213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | >Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) >(301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). >----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > > > --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 http://www.droo.orland.me.us To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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