From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 1 11:01:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA24004 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 11:01:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from xcf.berkeley.edu (scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.43.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA23997 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 11:01:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grady@scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU) From: grady@scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU Message-Id: <199807011801.LAA23997@hub.freebsd.org> Received: (qmail 9798 invoked from network); 1 Jul 1998 18:03:23 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 1 Jul 1998 18:03:23 -0000 To: Brian Somers Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: interactive ppp chat script? In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 01 Jul 1998 01:40:08 +0100 <199807010040.BAA14035@awfulhak.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <9794.899316201.1@scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 11:03:22 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hmm.., clever! But how do I capture the modem output to present the challenge to the user in the first place? Steven > From: Brian Somers > Subject: Re: interactive ppp chat script? > You could use ``\\P'' in your chat script and then use pppctl to do a > ``set authkey''. > > > I'd like to set up ppp so that it is as automatic as possible, but part > > of the connection process involves a point where the user _must_ type > > something in response to a remote challenge system. Anyone have a > > suggestion on the easiest way to do this? At the moment, I see two > > options -- either write an "expect" script that runs ppp in interactive > > mode, which seems like overkill given ppp's configurability, or use the > > "!" form in the scripting language, which is not well documented, and > > does not make clear whether it can get input from the user. > > > > Since this will usually be run from an X window, I could also > > handle the interactivity with xprompt, but that's a little restrictive. > > It's also not clear how I can get the string _from_ the modem > > in order to display it to the user. > > > > I'd particularly appreciate hearing from people who have actually done > > this, to find out what people think is the best approach for this > > situation. > > -- > > Steven > > grady@xcf.berkeley.edu > > "Excuse me, could you point me to the restrooms?" > > "I'm not an art gallery guard. I'm a performance artist > > simulating a guard, you petit-bourgeois moron." > > -- > Brian , , > > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message