Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 07:54:29 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help me please: I'm confused about remote log-in. Message-ID: <20040925075150.L65815@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <41550F44.80005@daleco.biz> References: <20040925044532.15260.qmail@web51608.mail.yahoo.com> <41550F44.80005@daleco.biz>
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: > >> 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? > > That would be pretty much what a lot of ISP's do, wouldn't > it? IIRC, there's a section of the PPP chapter in the FBSD > Handbook that mentions, perhaps explains well, this item. > I've not yet tried it, YMMV. It's not necessary to use PPP for this, good old serial dialup connections will provide a shell login. It's in Handbook section 20.4. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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