Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:06:52 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Mark Hannon <mark.hannon@stockholm.mail.telia.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp/chat no longer able to access /dev/tty from exec Message-ID: <199902161906.TAA00594@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Feb 1999 21:39:07 %2B0100." <36C885EB.79ADCB8D@stockholm.mail.telia.com>
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You may want to look at the latest version at http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html There's an entry in the ppp.conf.sample file that uses a script called login-auth (also supplied) for exactly this purpose. The end result is that when ppp connects, it throws a login prompt up on your X display. If you want to stick with your existing stuff, you need to do the echo & read from descriptor 3 now: #! /bin/sh echo -n "($*) " >&3 read x <&3 echo $x but this presumes that you've started ppp in interactive mode (it's got a controlling terminal). > Hi, > > I have previously used the following scripts to dial > into my employer. I am prompted for userid and a password > (which is dynamically created for me by a little credit > card security number generator). > > I haven't logged onto work for some months, and now, when > I try to use my recently upgraded 3.0 box to do it the > chat script doesn't work. The !/etc/ppp/prompt_password > no longer attaches to the ppp terminal but connects to > some other file descriptors. Is there any way to get the > old behaviour back? (I had a brief look at the code but > got quickly overwhelmed...) > > Here are the relevant portions: > > >From ppp.conf: > set login "TIMEOUT 5 Username:-\\r-Username: > !/etc/ppp/prompt_passwd word: !/etc/ppp/prompt_passwd ~" > > > doorway:~> more /etc/ppp/prompt_passwd > #!/bin/sh > echo -n "($*) " >&2 > read x > echo $x > exit 0 > > Thanks, Mark -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org> <brian@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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