Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 14:26:14 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk> To: "Andy V. Oleynik" <andyo@prime.net.ua> Cc: FBSD-ISP <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Subject: Re: PPP as dialin server Message-ID: <199908051326.OAA02853@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 05 Aug 1999 14:19:49 %2B0300." <37A97354.707B4036@prime.net.ua>
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I'd recommend method 2 as being the best way to accept connections. =
If you really want an IP number per device, you'll need a ppp.conf =
entry for each device. I prefer either allocating random IP numbers =
or assigning each user their own IP number in ppp.secret. =
You don't need to give these people accounts on the machine with =
method 2 either - you just need an entry in ppp.secret.
> My question is for ISP group and Brian Sommers.
> I wish to setup dialup access server using getty+ppp.
> And I read in ppp.8 that user ppp shoult be created.
> =
> 4. Prepare an account for the incoming user.
> ppp:xxxx:66:66:PPP Login User:/home/ppp:/usr/local/bin/ppplogin
> Refer to the manual entries for adduser(8) and vipw(8) for details.
> =
> So, all the dialin users must authenticate himself and login in as ppp
> or how?
> Or ppplogin will be rased up by user ppp which will authenticate
> & logging specific user in and doing neccesarry stuff with wtmp etc.
> Also should I list all my users in each profile or it will be enough to=
> list them in default profile?
> My intends is to write a ppplogin script which for each ttyd* will
> rase up ppp -direct <ttydN-specific-profile>. Where the specprofile
> will assign different IP for each ttydN.
> Now I use pppd in the same manner but I wish replace it with ppp.
> =
> --
> WBW Andy V. Oleynik (When U work in virtual office
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> +380442448363
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