Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 13:56:26 -0800 (PST) From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@nike.efn.org> To: Allen Hyer <allenh@wtrt.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP Terminal Server Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961219134917.328Q-100000@nike> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19961219095216.00696ed0@wtrt.net>
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On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, Allen Hyer wrote: > Ok, here is what I want to do. I would like to make a FreeBSD box to be a > terminal server. The only protocol I need is PPP. > > 1. Is the mgetty+sendfax the way to go on the software side? I have > looked at this some, and it looks like it will do what I want, but before I > dug in I wanted to know if this was the best software to use for my > application. well.. do you want JUST ppp? or ppp and logins? over here on my terminal server I run a specially modified version of mgetty+sendfax that will do authentication in mgetty instead of passing it off to a second program (if I choose)... but if you just want PPP you probably should just look at using pppd, setting your modems to autoanswer.. and point pppd to /dev/ttydxx... > 2. I have another FreeBSD 2.1.5-Release Box that already has all the > user accounts on it. Can I authenticate from the Terminal Server box to > this machine? yep... I do this to... I use NIS as it allows me to simply use the getpwent calls to recieve accounts... I have also modified pppd to do authentication based on a user passed to it... or on the user that the other side wants to use... ttyl... John-Mark gurney_j@efn.org http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ Modem/FAX: (541) 683-6954 (FreeBSD Box) Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD (unix)
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