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Date:      Fri, 10 May 1996 15:43:47 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To:        riwanlky@rad.net.id (Iwan Leonardus)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kermit
Message-ID:  <199605101343.PAA07901@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
In-Reply-To: <31931BC4.1618@rad.net.id>

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> 
> I want to configure my FreeBSD as ppp server, in the Handbook, it said
> about 'kermit' and its scripts
> 
> I look everywhere on the cdrom, can not find it.

Kermit has been taken off CDROM distributions due to the more restrictive
copyright policy. I believe you can find it in ports/comm/kermit
and it's fetched from the master site if not in distfiles anyway.


> 
> I downloaded C-kermit from ftp://kermit.columbia.edu, but after I compiled 
> the result is 'wermit' instead of kermit, is that what the handbook mean 
> by 'kermit' or maybe someone else know where to get 'kermit' kermit

wermit is OK. Just rename it kermit. But I'd recommend to take the prted
version instead. There may be subtelties in tty handling which do not reflect
in the unpatched version.


> 
> Thanks and best regards
> 
> Iwan L
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de



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