From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 29 07:42:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA19285 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 29 Apr 1997 07:42:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from labs.usn.blaze.net.au (labs.usn.blaze.net.au [203.17.53.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA19242 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 1997 07:42:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from labs.usn.blaze.net.au (local [127.0.0.1]) by labs.usn.blaze.net.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA04828; Wed, 30 Apr 1997 00:41:52 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: <199704291441.AAA04828@labs.usn.blaze.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 To: "Lee Crites (AEI)" cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netscape via pppd cannot seem to get name service In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 29 Apr 1997 08:58:37 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 00:41:51 +1000 From: David Nugent Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > =>Err, that's just flat out weird. Is this using modems? Why > =>don't you use getty to handle this? I can be configured to > =>auto-detect ppp connections and start pppd for you. > > Can someone point me to more info on setting up getty so it will handle > ppp connections? > > I tried to just change the ttys line back to getty, but it didn't > recognize the ppp login as such (netscape reported an error negotiating > login). Lee, don't you read manpages? :-) man getty and gettytab. Look for "pp". The "pp=" capability should point to a program (NOT pppd!) which handles ppp logins. Once this program gets control, then it assembles the command line to ppp or pppd, almost always including "auth" and "login", which does the protocol negotiation, login and so on. There's a kit assembled by Daniel O'Callaghan which will give you a good head start in setting this up. Email him for more information. Regards, David David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/