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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.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!csnews!coopnews.coop.net!hops.entertain.com!usenet From: dwatson@abwam.com (Darryl Watson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Plans for CHAP/PPP in BSDI? Date: 18 Jun 1996 15:06:35 GMT Organization: ABWAM, Inc. Lines: 37 Message-ID: <4q6glr$rsv@hops.entertain.com> References: <4p533b$6qm@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <31C5A3B1.616@cet.co.jp> <31C4F08A.41C67EA6@cet.co.jp> <4q61co$d0l@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.144.250.82 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.5 In article <4q61co$d0l@agate.nbnet.nb.ca>, cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca (Lance Cavener) says: > >Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> wrote: > >>Michael Hancock wrote: >>> >>> Lance Cavener wrote: >>> > >>> > Do you ever think BSD will throw a good PPP program in their next >>> > release of BSDI? I have had my eye on some commercial PPP packages for >>> > some time now, and after upgrading to BSDI, and confusing the hell out >>> > of all my users with the P it adds to the begining of the usernames, I >>> > think a commercial package with CHAP/PAP is very tempting. But before >>> > I dish out a few hundred, I just want to know if BSD is going to get >>> > to us a good PPP program? >>> >>> Commercial PPP packages such as MorningStar still require using a scheme >>> like Pusername if your terminal server serves both shell and PPP. > >>More background... I think BSDI chose to use the 'Pusername' scheme for >>the same reasons 'Uusername' or 'Usitename' is often used for UUCP logins. >>It differentiates the PPP connection from the e-mail account; allows both >>type of connections to authenticate using Unix login; and using capital >>letters prevents the account from receiving mail which you usually don't >>want. > > Yeah but because it has a capitol letter in the username that user >cannot read his/her mail - so what good is that? 2 accounts for one >person? ;P > > Lance > I think there is a parameter you can set in the /etc/sendmail.cf file which allows accounts with capital letters to get their mail. I agree that 2 accounts per user is stupid.