From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 21 01:26:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA01625 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 01:26:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from parkplace.cet.co.jp (parkplace.cet.co.jp [202.32.64.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA01617 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 01:26:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (michaelh@localhost) by parkplace.cet.co.jp (8.7.5/CET-v2.1) with SMTP id RAA13337; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 17:26:23 +0900 (JST) Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 17:26:23 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock To: Duncan Barclay cc: freebsd-hackers Subject: RE: Automatic PPP-detecting getty and pppd!!! In-Reply-To: <31CAC0F2@SMTPGATE.PA-CONSULTING.COM> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 21 Jun 1996, Duncan Barclay wrote: > > This is great, but... :-) > I had a look in ports when this first came up a week or so back and saw > that there were getty+fax versions of getty (I cant remember the packages) > so how about it then, getty+ppp+fax. The ideal combination for > a person with an extra phone line, a fax modem, a bunch of friends who want > to ppp in, a laptop with terminal software in (but cant have FreeBSD because > it's his works) and a wife who will only let him use this if she gets a fax > machine... If you want something that chops, dices, purees, walks the dog, and comes with a kitchen sink have a look at mgetty. Personally, I prefer a traditional simple getty. The ppp stuff is nice as it nullifies an argument to use WinNT RAS Server over Unix. -mh