Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 23:19:14 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: Steve Reid <root@edmweb.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Logging pppd connect & disconnect Message-ID: <199605160519.XAA21763@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960515213518.655B-100000@bitbucket.edmweb.com> References: <199605160420.WAA21638@rocky.sri.MT.net> <Pine.BSF.3.91.960515213518.655B-100000@bitbucket.edmweb.com>
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> > > Is there any way to log when users connect and disconnect with pppd? > > > > Sure, it's a piece of cake. How do your users startup PPP? On my box > > they run a little shell script which is customized for each system, so > > it would be trivial to have it append start/stop entries to a file. > > Um, I'm not set up like that... The users don't log in like you'd expect, > they don't even get a login prompt. They go straight into pppd. All > authentication is done with PAP. Ugh, I like keeping things 'simple' so I can debug them easier, and provide for greater flexibility. My modems can be used for *any* reason, including PPP accounts. But, I'm a young 'old-timer'. :) > If necessary, I'll hack pppd to log connects and disconnects. But that's > something I'd rather avoid if possible, as I have a hard time trying to > grok other people's code. It's *really* not that bad, and the best programmers I know are folks that have learned to gork other people's code. You learn more that way than in writing your own. (It's kind of like learning a musical instrument. You learn alot more and become a more rounded musician when playing with other people than in trying to do everything on your own.) FreeBSD code is generally pretty easy to hack on. Natehome | help
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