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From: pkolding@cts.com (Peter Kolding)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Passing parameters in PPP
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 01:25:28 GMT
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I dialup and connect for PPP with the command:

ppp -auto provider

and disconnect with:

telnet localhost 3000

and then type "close" and "quit all" at the PPP prompt.


The problem with this is that I'd like to be able to pass the password
to ppp when dialing-up, so I can have a ppp.secret file, and pass
"close" and "quit all" when disconnecting, so I don't have to type it
in.

Can someone point me in the right direction?