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From: "Simon Harris" <simon@addease.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: troubles with PPP login scripts
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 11:53:17 +1000
Organization: Addease Pty. Ltd.
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My ISP login looks like the following:

	Username:$name
	Password: $password
	$xxxxx> PPP $name
	Server nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn translating $name to .........
	Password: $password

where $name is my username, $password is my password and $xxxxx is a
string that changes for every logon. because $xxxxx changes, I can only
search for '>' but the script appears to bum out when looking for '>' with
'login failed'. If I go into terminal mode, I can type:

	PPP $name

and it aks for my password and I all is dandy. This implies that the
script has not found the '>'?

Any and all help appreciated.

Regards Simon.