Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 15:26:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: "Cambria, Mike" <mcambria@lucent.com> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dial-in pppd & gettytab Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905121526100.23756-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <75ADD7496F0BD211ADC000104B8846CF563036@rerun.lucentctc.com>
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On Wed, 12 May 1999, Cambria, Mike wrote: > > Now that the cable-modem is running, I want to set my serial line up for > dial-in pppd (kernel). I'm already able to dial in for shell access. > > Knowing I'd do this someday, I've saved away several dial-in pppd messages > on this list as well as searched the archive. Numerous references are made > to pp= in gettytab. > > The man page for gettytab (2.2.6-Release) states that 'pp' isn't used. The > Handbook also makes no reference to using pp for dial up pppd. Should I > bother trying it? I suggest upgrading to 2.2.8 to take advantage of this feature. Otherwise, you'll have to run mgetty. > BTW, I need to user pppd for reasons I will not get into. That's an oxymoron. (User) ppp or (kernel) pppd? Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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