Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 21:45:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Jayson Alvarez <jay2xra@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Help me please: I'm confused about remote log-in. Message-ID: <20040925044532.15260.qmail@web51608.mail.yahoo.com>
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Good day!!! My home pc is obtaining an internet connection through a dial-up modem. And as for this, I'm using ppp. On my analysis, the ppp program residing in my pc is connecting to some sort of an authenticating server, am i right? Aside from the PPP, I've read the portion in freebsd handbook regarding dial-in/out services but I couldn't figure out how the process works. Now, what i really wanted to do is to allow my friend to log-in remotely to my pc and run some applications like vi, mpg123 etc or even use my pc the way I'm using it (just experimenting and of course I would definitely want to do that too). These are the questions that are constantly floating in my mind: 1. If I have a modem connected to a phone line, is it possible to let my friend dial from his pc my telephone number and then let FreeBSD answer the call, and authenticate him by some sort of a login prompt? 2. What process would this be? Will I use some sort of ppp server and then he uses his ppp to dial my telephone number? 3. And If ever he will be connected to me successfully, is it possible for me to still dial to my isp knowing the fact that he is using my modem to connect to my pc? 4. And how about ssh? Knowing that we are not in LAN, if we both connect to the internet, is it possible for me to login to his pc and vice versa, using ssh by specifying his ipaddress? How will the process be? WIll he be using some sort of ssh daemon listening to my request? ================================ You need not specify the specific details and configuration files, just the hints about the processes. I've asked these questions because this would be very helpful to me now that I've got my first job working in an actual IT environment. And that would be all. Thank you very much for the time. Network Operations Team <matato@pregi.net> www.pregi.net _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com
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