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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problem with PPPD dial script(s)
Date: 13 Jul 1996 10:19:42 GMT
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huff@sunspot.tiac.net (Robert Huff) wrote:

(Btw., posting once would suffice. ;)

> >   Well, kermit is arguably not the best dialer for pppd. ;)  Remember,
> >   chat(1) used to ship along with the pppd program.  Wonder why? ;-)
> 
> 	So if chat is a good, probably even superior, tool to do
> this:
> 
> 	a) why is there no sample section in the Handbook like there
> 		is for Kermit?  I'm only using Kermit because the
> 		scripts were available.

Because *you* didn't wrote it, neither anybody else.

That's the simple way all this system is evolving.  People actually
contribute their stuff.

Use send-pr to contribute your handbook additions once you know.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)