Return to BSD News archive
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!solace!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!News.LiveNet.Net!jsloan From: jsloan@LiveNet.Net (Jim Sloan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Shell/PPP dialins. Help plz. Date: Thu, 06 Jun 96 05:38:04 GMT Organization: LiveNet, Inc. Lines: 56 Message-ID: <4p5qrs$1ok_004@news.livenet.net> References: <4oo8o8$6ah@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <david-0406962116110001@ppp27.emeraldis.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: yellow.livenet.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 In article <david-0406962116110001@ppp27.emeraldis.com>, david@emeraldis.com (David G. Cannon) wrote: >In article <4oo8o8$6ah@agate.nbnet.nb.ca>, cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca wrote: > >> 1) Basically im setting up a small ISP to get the hang of things, and >> I want to offer Shell and PPP accounts. Anyway, as I understand it all >> PPP accounts have the letter P at the start of it (Pdowntown, or >> Psmith).. Now, this sucks. How do I get rid of the P? > > >Actually, the "P" before the username is great! You just don't understand >why because you're a newbie to this. If you want to "get the hang of >things", understand that there are excellent reasons why BSDI does it that >way. You just haven't used it long enough to see why. I think the >engineers at BSDI know just a little more than you do about how to setup >an Internet server? Of course, you would probably disagree. > > ( Rest deleted because it doesn't pertain to my response ) Actually, there is nothing wrong with using the P or NOT using the P, is nothing more than a way to differentiate on how a user connects to the server. Personally, we don't use it, and prefer not to use it, because we provide shell and PPP connections for all users. It is easier for a user to remember ONE login than 2, even if it is a simple P infront of their login. The P itself provides nothing in the way of security, provides nothing in the way a user can connect, and does nothing to enhance how the system operates other than a simple means to detect how the user is connected, but then again, a simple w will show they are connected via PPP, so that still doesn't add that much. > You're welcome! And if you could be a little more pleasant, and not so > dang bitchy, people would be much more willing to answer your questions in > a non-sarcastic way! > David G. Cannon > P.S. - BSDI is not the "bad guy"... Unix-illiterate people who think NT is > superior to something they've never used before are! ;-) I saw nothing bitchy about the original post, the person was asking valid questions as a newbie, nothing wrong with that, but I do see a bitchy attitude in YOUR response as if you expect everyone to be at YOUR level immediately, but then again, from your responses I have seen so far, you have been wrong on SEVERAL occasions, so I guess you might need a little teaching too. So LIGHTEN up, smell the roses, take a relaxing look at life, it helps a lot. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Sloan jsloan@livenet.net Vice President LiveNet, Inc. 413 Davis St. Suite 106 Full Service Internet Provider Virginia Beach VA 23462 Dialup and dedicated connections Ph: 804-499-9328 Virtual Web, Email, and FTP hosting http://www.livenet.net info@livenet.net webmaster@livenet.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------