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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.ac.net!news.cais.net!news2.cais.com!cais.cais.com!mcgraw From: mcgraw@cais.cais.com (McGraw-Hill CEC) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: "login" option in pppd Date: 22 Mar 1996 16:00:55 GMT Organization: Capital Area Internet Service info@cais.com 703-448-4470 Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4iuirn$hoh@news2.cais.com> References: <4imje2$shc@daily-planet.execpc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cais.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jeff Kane (jkane@earth.execpc.com) wrote: : I have gotten pppd to operate somewhat. But I am confused on the use of : the "login" option for it. Can someone please clarify it? : To use the /etc/passwd, does getty need to answer the line? Or can pppd : do that and still use /etc/passwd? Uh-oh. If you MUST (and please, don't: use interactive ppp) use pppd, use the options file, which MIGHT look something like this: /dev/cuaa1 38400 connect "/usr/sbin/chat -f /etc/ppp/<loginfile>"\ modem mtu 576 asyncmap 0 crtscts defaultroute and a loginfile which MIGHT look something like this: ""ATDT XXX-XXXX CONNECT "" ogin: <uname> ssword: <upwd> Watch those quotes: they're killers.