Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 11:56:10 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Automatic PPP-detecting getty and pppd!!! Message-ID: <199606241656.LAA05829@brasil.moneng.mei.com> In-Reply-To: <199606212013.WAA22783@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Jun 21, 96 10:13:17 pm
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> > As Joe Greco wrote: > > > > There are patches contributed sitting in the GNATS queue already. > > > > Do they modify pppd to correctly log users in, do they handle it as a new > > gettytab capability, etc? > > j@uriah 269% query-pr 1019 [...] > >Number: 1019 > >Originator: David Muir Sharnoff > >Release: FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386 > >Arrival-Date: Mon Feb 12 02:00:02 PST 1996 > > You should be able to get the PR via the Web interface, or drop me > a mail if you want. Looks to me like it is a bit of a hack that uses a pseudo-user to log the user in via login(1) ... there is some merit to that but I am not sure I care for the solution, beyond the fact that it also works. ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/546-7968
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