From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 30 17:46:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA14273 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 17:46:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA14182 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 17:45:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA14035; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 01:40:08 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199807010040.BAA14035@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: grady@scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: interactive ppp chat script? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 30 Jun 1998 12:30:24 PDT." <199806301928.MAA17556@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 01:40:08 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 , , 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