Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 15:17:35 -0600 (CST) From: Neal Rigney <neal@pernet.net> To: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Cc: john@starfire.mn.org, hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP/LCP sensing getty Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.93.961111151541.4247A-100000@jennifer.pernet.net> In-Reply-To: <199611111904.NAA19691@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
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On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, Joe Greco wrote: > > I have created a version of getty that watches for the first four > > bytes of the LCP leader and exec's pppd (-detach auth) if it sees > > it. This allows dialup PPP access to FreeBSD boxes from other > > FreeBSD boxes, Windows 3.1, Windows NT, Windows 95, and MAC's > > without having to go through the pain of login scripting. I'd like > > to make this generally available, but am not sure how best to do > > so. > > Already been done. I did this six months ago... I haven't checked > to see if anyone actually did anything with my patches though. > > ... JG > I tried using the patches, but they have one small problem. My modems stupidly send a connect message in a way that getty sees as a username. So it sits at Password: waiting for test, but only getting LCP. The other times I got it to work(with different modems), it worked like a charm. -- Neal Rigney, PERnet Communications, (409)729-4638 neal@mail.pernet.net
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