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From: doctor@nl2k.edmonton.AB.ca (The Doctor)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: PPP Dialin Problems
Date: 19 Feb 1996 17:06:52 -0700
Organization: NetLine 2000
Lines: 30
Message-ID: <4gb3as$6um@doctor.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca>
References: <4g9rk8$96o@fenris.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: doctor.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca

In article <4g9rk8$96o@fenris.com>, 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
>
>
>

Are you using config_ppp, config_dialin and editing /etc/namedb/domain.db?
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