Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:16:58 -0700 (MST) From: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com> To: Sasha Egan <wildcard@dax.belen.k12.nm.us> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mgetty/AUTO_PPP/and ISP services. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980331151333.26764A-100000@altrox.atipa.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980331113128.17104A-100000@dax.belen.k12.nm.us>
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mgetty is evil. I have had much better luck using the PAP-enabled getty from -CURRENT. You can download a tarball of PPP-related files from some guy in Australia that will include PAP-enabled getty. Do a search for "pppkit". Kevin > Hello, > My name is Sasha Egan, I am a budding admin working for a school system. > The school system has requested that a PPP dialup be built for their > school board. I have a Cyclades CyclomY which is the one with the 8 > ports. My predicament is here: > I installed mgetty with the option -DAUTO_PPP compiled into it. > I am trying to connect a bunch of 95 machines to my FreeBSD > server. > Heres what I've tried: > calling pppd from the /etc/ttys line > calling AUTO_PPP from mgetty in the login.config file line 49 > writing a .login with pppd options in it. > creating a shell with pppd as the default shell. > many many more things. > All the things I have tried have ended in failure. > When I uncomment the AUTO_PPP line in login.config my modem answers, > handshakes, then carrier drops and resets. > > Does anyone have a working pppdialup server running under freebsd that is > using pap authentication? > > I need help...really > Sasha > > > -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > Version: 2.6.2 > > mQCNAzQ+Te4AAAEEAMOfXAPvy7YTmgOG+RtdddihcXnlSjuO8AqkaIoGM9rLvkRj > XF0GY4zWlSFDR5QQU8agfyQ8YARl9ICxg8g64cm8Ejyhi87014mYcLx6j/Z4kgBp > oyTCJLELjOb1mdmloMsNoiXoU7iYG8/Wnz9Hf9uCC0FE0S3A57JEJYo0aRu1AAUR > tBh3aWxkY2FyZEBiZWxlbi5rMTIubm0udXM= > =4A/3 > -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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