Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 02:26:01 +0900 (JST) From: Atsushi Murai <amurai@spec.co.jp> To: cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au (Carey Nairn) Cc: amurai@spec.co.jp, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: iij-ppp ver 0.94 Message-ID: <199505021726.CAA05582@tama.spec.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950502204445.514A-100000@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au> from "Carey Nairn" at May 2, 95 08:50:29 pm
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> > Hi, > > I was wondering if there was a way of passing variables to the login > script at the time of execution. The system I log into requires that a > ppp process is started form the terminal server command line (i.e. no PAP > authentication - the user logs in to the terminal server as a normal > login). The thing that worries me is that I have my password stored in > plain text in my ppp.conf file. What I would like to have is for the PPP > process to prompt me for my password when the login script starts. Is > this possible ?? I guess the system you log into is shared machine like a gateway machine, right ? And you want to connect the peer and gateway by PPP(iij-ppp) NOT a your terminal(?) and gateway. This means your peer's password in ppp.conf is out of your control..either plain text nor crypted one ;-) Anyway current iij-ppp doesn't has a such a functionality that passing a user and passwd by prompting you when connecting to a peer interractivly. But if you have a two connection to gateway, one is using for invoking a ppp as Interacctive mode. o Invoke a ppp with your configuration i.e. ppp specgw o Rewriting a login scritps with your password on ppp prompt i.e. set login "TIMEOUT 5 login:-\\r-login: ppp word: ppp" o dial on ppp prompt. It's might be not smart but... > thanks, > ========================================================================= > Carey Nairn ! email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au > Networks and Communications ! phone : (002) 20 7419 > Information Technology Services ! fax : (002) 20 7898 > University of Tasmania. ! > ========================================================================= Atsushi. -- Atsushi Murai Internet: amurai@spec.co.jp System Planning and Engineering Co,.Ltd. Voice : +81-33833-5341
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