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From: "Lee Crites (AEI)" <leec@adam.adonai.net>
To: David Nugent <davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au>
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Subject: Re: netscape via pppd cannot seem to get name service 
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On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, David Nugent wrote:

=>> I tried to just change the ttys line back to getty, but it didn't
=>> recognize the ppp login as such (netscape reported an error negotiating
=>> login).
=>
=>Lee, don't you read manpages?  :-)

Yup.  It's amazing, though, how much it helps to know what you are
talking about *before* you try to read tha man page.  While some man
pages include enough information for someone who had no clue what that
command is supposed to do to figure it out, quite a few are little more
than reminders of things you already know.

=>man getty and gettytab. Look for "pp". The "pp=" capability should point
=>to a program (NOT pppd!) which handles ppp logins. Once this program

This little hint makes a world of difference.  I had tried the pp=
option with it pointing to pppd, without success.  I noted from one of
the man pages (can't remember which right now) that one of the ppp utils
was designed so it could be run as a daemon or from the command line.  I
thought if nothing else happened, I might try making a script which
would call it with the appropriate flags.  But since my pppd test failed
so wonderfully, trying a script was rather low on my list of
possibilities.  Could it be that this was the answer from the beginning?

=>There's a kit assembled by Daniel O'Callaghan <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
=>which will give you a good head start in setting this up. Email him for
=>more information.

Thanks for the pointer.  I've just sent him a message as well.

Lee