Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 12:05:51 +0200 From: Jos Backus <J.G.E.Backus@urc.tue.nl> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: Jason Nordwick <nordwick@scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -current PPP question Message-ID: <19980427120551.A78@asterix.urc.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <199804262345.AAA25669@awfulhak.org>; from Brian Somers on Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 12:45:45AM %2B0100 References: <19980426162811.A3103@asterix.urc.tue.nl> <199804262345.AAA25669@awfulhak.org>
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Hi Brian,
On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 12:45:45AM +0100, Brian Somers wrote:
> What are you trying to achieve here ?
The Annex expects PPP/PAP/CHAP for callback authentication, hence I need a
program that talks PPP on std{in,out} to authenticate me and dies when the
Annex subsequently rejects the connection and proceeds to call me after
successful authentication. ppp -direct fits the bill, and it mostly works!
> The "!" syntax allows you to run external programs that know how to talk
> stdin/stdout to your modem (such as chat). Running ppp again will just
> result in two programs striving to control the same device :-/
Doesn't ppp -direct not directly control the device but only talk to
std{in,out}, as you would normally use ppp this way when running it under
getty's control?
> Also, you probably should upgrade to the version on
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/~brian. AFAIR, the select() problem you
> mentioned was caused by a long-since-fixed bug in libalias.
Hm, I have been under the impression that -current has the latest fixes to
ppp. Guess I was wrong :) By the way, I cvsupped and rebuilt the world on
Saturday, so I assumed that I was fairly up-to-date.
I will pick up the ppp at ~brian and try that.
Thanks for your help!
Cheers,
--
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