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Date:      Wed, 16 Apr 1997 02:53:13 +0100
From:      Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
To:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
Cc:        danny@freefall.freebsd.org (Daniel O'Callaghan), CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-etc@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc/ppp ppp.disabled ppp.shells.sample 
Message-ID:  <199704160153.CAA06095@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 16 Apr 1997 00:43:53 %2B0200." <19970416004353.HQ52696@uriah.heep.sax.de> 

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> As Daniel O'Callaghan wrote:
> 
> > danny       97/04/15 00:15:18
> > 
> >   Added:       etc/ppp   ppp.disabled ppp.shells.sample
> >   Log:
> >   List of users who may not use pppd in system password logins, and a
> >   sample list of acceptable shells.
> 
> While you are at it, i would like to see an option to include/exclude
> hosts from the management feature.  I'm sick of the `anyone in the
> world' message, but don't feel better by adding secrets.  I think it
> should by default only allow localhost to manipulate the daemon.

You're talking ppp, not pppd ;P

> Alternatively, it should optionally create a local domain socket
> instead of the internet domain socket.  However, this would prevent
> you from using telnet as the client (so another invocation of ppp
> itself had to take the client role).  The latter is probably a good
> idea anyway.

Perhaps a default use of a unix domain socket with a command line
option to use an inet socket ?

> -- 
> cheers, J"org
> 
> joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
> Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
> 

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
      <http://www.awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....





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