Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 01:40:08 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: grady@scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: interactive ppp chat script? Message-ID: <199807010040.BAA14035@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 30 Jun 1998 12:30:24 PDT." <199806301928.MAA17556@hub.freebsd.org>
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You could use ``\\P'' in your chat script and then use pppctl to do a
``set authkey''.
> I'd like to set up ppp so that it is as automatic as possible, but part
> of the connection process involves a point where the user _must_ type
> something in response to a remote challenge system. Anyone have a
> suggestion on the easiest way to do this? At the moment, I see two
> options -- either write an "expect" script that runs ppp in interactive
> mode, which seems like overkill given ppp's configurability, or use the
> "!" form in the scripting language, which is not well documented, and
> does not make clear whether it can get input from the user.
>
> Since this will usually be run from an X window, I could also
> handle the interactivity with xprompt, but that's a little restrictive.
> It's also not clear how I can get the string _from_ the modem
> in order to display it to the user.
>
> I'd particularly appreciate hearing from people who have actually done
> this, to find out what people think is the best approach for this
> situation.
> --
> Steven
> grady@xcf.berkeley.edu
> "Excuse me, could you point me to the restrooms?"
> "I'm not an art gallery guard. I'm a performance artist
> simulating a guard, you petit-bourgeois moron."
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
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