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From: david@terra.igcom.net (David B. Bauman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: PPP Dialin Problems
Date: 19 Feb 1996 13:56:05 GMT
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Eric Hake (eric@centercomp.com) wrote:
: I'm having trouble trying to get a single ppp dialin working...

: I've got the modem attached, answering, and even giving the proper
: login sequence...

: I have the shell set to ppp (with no arguments)

: When I log in either manually, or using a ppp client dialer, as soon
: as it enters the username/password pair, it shows the BSDI copyright
: text, and then immediately hangs up <shrug>

: I've read the man pages over and over, but it just isn't clicking...

: Any ideas?

: Thanks!
:   Eric

First, do you have the PPP user defined in /etc/ppp.sys, and if you do, 
is it correct?


David Bauman