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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/ppp ppp.disabled ppp.shells.sample 
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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 02:53:13 +0100
From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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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. ;-)
> 

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