From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 19 1: 3:42 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B31D31554E for ; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 01:03:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.2/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA89680; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 09:03:08 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA00839; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:58:00 GMT (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199903190758.HAA00839@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Dan Mahoney Jr." Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pppd server... In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:26:33 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:57:59 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Okay, I've seen a lot of listmail about pppd serving, but never quite like > this... > > Is there any way to feed pppd WITHOUT a terminal window, but still support > shell dialins (such that if a user IS using a terminal app they hit enter > and they get a login prompt?) I've had ISP's do this, so I know it can be > done...I just don't have any more than a slight inkling about how to go > about it. > > Any help much appreciated... This isn't really a pppd question... you need to look into the pp= capability in the gettytab database. > -Dan Mahoney > > (Who finally figured out how to get six serial ports going on a 486/66) > > > -- > > Dan Mahoney > Gushi on efnet IRC > ICQ:13735144 > (webpages TBA) -- 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