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Date:      Mon, 18 Nov 1996 14:10:05 -0600 (CST)
From:      Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
To:        syoung@idirect.com (steve)
Cc:        FreeBSD-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sliplogin troubles
Message-ID:  <199611182010.OAA02975@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19961118143608.26ffab48@idirect.com> from "steve" at Nov 18, 96 02:35:54 pm

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> Hi Guys!
> 
> I have recently installed FreeBSD and am trying (with great difficulty) to
> get sliplogin to work;
> 
> I've read the man pages, FAQ's and doc's; tried setting up as listed, and
> many other trials; after two weeks I think I need help;
> 
> The server answers and runs sliplogin, but any packets sent just idle to
> nowhere; and, after 30 or so seconds, it drops the line.  Incidently,
> running slirp after logging in as a regular user gives no probs.
> 
> The object is to allow several users to use trumpet winsock w/netscape.  I
> have not yet tried ppp; but I'd like both to work.
> 
> As this is my first posting I really didn't know how much info to send.  Any
> ideas, or any sources of info;  I have read several books on unix and tcp/ip
> and bbs's; and the postings from other FreeBSD newsgroups;
> 
> My resources are getting seriously into the red, and any help that you may
> provide will be greatly appreciated.

# sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
# cd /etc/sliphome
# cat slip.hosts
Saccount          206.55.68.1     206.55.68.2     0xfffffff8 autocomp
# grep Saccount /etc/passwd
Saccount:*:1000:66:Some Co. Inc.  SLIP:/etc/sliphome:/usr/local/sbin/sliplogin
# cat /usr/local/sbin/sliplogin
#! /bin/sh -

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin; export PATH

stty crtscts

mesg n
biff n

exec /usr/sbin/sliplogin

I can't think of anything else you _need_ to run sliplogin...

... JG


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