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To: Chris <theta@gte.net>
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Subject: Re: Writing PPP scripts 
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Date: Sat, 09 Aug 1997 15:28:40 +0100
From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> I am having difficulties writing a PPP script.  I am new to FreeBSD.  I
> am using 2.2.2.
> 
> I have looked at the man page for ppp and the sample ppp.conf file and
> have tried modifying that script to no avail.  It dials, but errs out. 
> A script session looks like this
> 
> ppp theta> dial gte
> dial attempt 1 of 1
> phone 916095867747
> Dial OK!
> login failed
> 
> I achieve these results with this script (just a slight modification of
> the simplesite script) :
> 
> gte:
>  set phone 916095867747
>  set login "TIMEOUT 5 login: GTE/theta word: (my password here) ocol:
> ppp
">  set timeout 0
> 
> I don't know if I modified the script correctly or not.
> 
> 
> A successful manual login looks like this:
>  
> UQKT2 Max3.Newark.NJ.MS.UU.NEt
>  
> Login: GTE/theta
> Password: (not echoed)
>         Entering PPP Mode.
>         IP address is 153.34.62.14
>         MTU is 1524
You're telling ppp to expect "ocol:" and send "ppp".  Remove this 
stuff if your ISP doesn't want it:

  set login "TIMEOUT 5 login: GTE/theta word: (my password here)

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