From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 12 07:20:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA04235 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Jun 1996 07:20:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smoke.microwiz.com (smoke.microwiz.com [206.100.22.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA04225 for ; Wed, 12 Jun 1996 07:20:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jpm.microwiz.com (jpm.microwiz.com [206.100.22.140]) by smoke.microwiz.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA09199 Wed, 12 Jun 1996 07:22:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199606121422.HAA09199@smoke.microwiz.com> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "John McNamee" Organization: MicroWizards To: shultz@mail.gld.com Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 07:26:01 PST Subject: Re: PPP and PAP CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.33) Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I have successfully setup server pppd. Only, can't figure out how to > except PAP loggins without requiring them to go through a normal > login first, then running pppd and authenticating again with PAP, which > seams kind of redundant. > From what I understand so far, during a PAP login the server is > supposed to recognize that a packet driven login is occuring and by pass > the normal login and instead do a ppp PAP authentication. Anyone know > how to do this with FreeBSD? You need the "mgetty" replacement for the standard FreeBSD getty process. See ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/networking/communication/modem/mgetty/. I'm running the "0.99-dec31" distribution, which was rumored to be more stable than recent releases. I can't confirm or deny that -- I can only say that this version has worked well for me. The version of mgetty in the 2.1R ports collection is old, and does not support the "Auto PPP" option you're looking for. I don't know if Current has a more recent port. Manually grabbing the source code and compiling it under FreeBSD isn't difficult. -- John McNamee MicroWizards Voice: 702-825-3535 / FAX: 702-825-3443 http://www.microwiz.com