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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.hawaii.edu!ames!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!xpat.com!bofh.dot!news.postech.ac.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!bofh.dot!arclight.uoregon.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!hookup!news.nstn.ca!coranto.ucs.mun.ca!news.unb.ca!agate.nbnet.nb.ca!news From: cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca (Lance Cavener) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Shell/PPP dialins. Help plz. Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 11:24:53 GMT Organization: VSi Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4pm9ft$5to@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> References: <4oo8o8$6ah@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <david-0406962116110001@ppp27.emeraldis.com> <4p5qrs$1ok_004@news.livenet.net> <Pine.BSI.3.93.960610101142.12856E-100000@picard.chickasaw.com> <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960610140845.436D-100000@Clifford.LiveNet.Net> Reply-To: cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca NNTP-Posting-Host: mctnts02c10.nbnet.nb.ca X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 >Again, there is no need for the P infront of the userid. It just happens >to be BSDi's way to differentiate, just like the S is for SLIP logins, >but not necessary. So it sould still work fine if I remove the P from the username in /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd right? Stupid question I know, but I just don't want to screw everything I've done so far up :) Lance