Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 02:26:01 +0900 (JST) From: Atsushi Murai <amurai@spec.co.jp> To: cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au (Carey Nairn) Cc: amurai@spec.co.jp, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: iij-ppp ver 0.94 Message-ID: <199505021726.CAA05582@tama.spec.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950502204445.514A-100000@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au> from "Carey Nairn" at May 2, 95 08:50:29 pm
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> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if there was a way of passing variables to the login
> script at the time of execution. The system I log into requires that a
> ppp process is started form the terminal server command line (i.e. no PAP
> authentication - the user logs in to the terminal server as a normal
> login). The thing that worries me is that I have my password stored in
> plain text in my ppp.conf file. What I would like to have is for the PPP
> process to prompt me for my password when the login script starts. Is
> this possible ??
I guess the system you log into is shared machine like a gateway
machine, right ? And you want to connect the peer and gateway by
PPP(iij-ppp) NOT a your terminal(?) and gateway. This means your
peer's password in ppp.conf is out of your control..either plain text
nor crypted one ;-)
Anyway current iij-ppp doesn't has a such a functionality that passing
a user and passwd by prompting you when connecting to a peer
interractivly.
But if you have a two connection to gateway, one is using for invoking
a ppp as Interacctive mode.
o Invoke a ppp with your configuration
i.e. ppp specgw
o Rewriting a login scritps with your password on ppp prompt
i.e. set login "TIMEOUT 5 login:-\\r-login: ppp word: ppp"
o dial on ppp prompt.
It's might be not smart but...
> thanks,
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> Carey Nairn ! email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au
> Networks and Communications ! phone : (002) 20 7419
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Atsushi.
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