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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!usc!newshub.cts.com!news 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 Organization: CTS Network Services Lines: 17 Message-ID: <32f29a79.827742@nntp.cts.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pkolding.cts.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34604 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?