Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.ci.com.au!brian.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!news-out.internetmci.com!infeed1.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-feed1.tiac.net!posterchild!chilton!chris
From: chris@vindaloo.com (Christopher Sean Hilton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD as Windows 95/NT/Workgroups RAS server
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 19:28:59 GMT
Organization: Vindaloo Communications
Lines: 49
Message-ID: <EDDKsB.Iun@vindaloo.com>
References: <ED9u7H.6E5@vindaloo.com> <xkqsoxhbt0d.fsf@platinum.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: chilton1.tiac.net
Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44468
In article <xkqsoxhbt0d.fsf@platinum.com>,
Brian Clapper <clapper@platinum.com> wrote:
>chris@vindaloo.com (Christopher Sean Hilton) writes:
>
>> Sorry if this is a double post. It's been a bit of time since I used
>> trn...
>>
>> I'm trying to set up a FreeBSD machine as a RAS server for
>> Windows. The target right now is Windows 95. This is a snap to set up
>> if the client machine is also running FreeBSD but I can't convince my
>> wife to use it ans she really does need to get to her e-mail. Has
>> anyone done this before?
>
>I had a similar problem; I used a simple, relatively low-tech solution. My
>server box runs FreeBSD. The "client" box dual-boots FreeBSD and Windows.
>My wife boots the client box under Windows, and uses Netscape to read her
>mail. (Eudora or something similar would also have sufficed.) I installed
>and configured the imapd software (see the Ports Collection), set up a POP
>account for her on the server, and configured the Netscape mailer to POP
>her mail from there. Works like a charm and requires virtually no
>additional maintenance.
Too much Windows Jargon in my earlier post. RAS in Windows means Remote
Access Server. I have what you describe and it works great when my
wife is at home and can connect to the local lan. The problem is that
she needs to have this access away from the home to. I'm sure that
what I need is an account on a FreeBSD box called something stupid
like pppuser that automatically exec's a copy of pppd from .profile
and then uses PAP or CHAP to authenticate. From there I cannot see a
difference between her working at home or on the road.
Can I just:
o Setup a user on a freebsd box with a modem that exec's pppd on
login.
o Configure pppd to use PAP for authentication?
If that's the case how do I configure Win95 to use pppuser as the
login and then pass the right password? (I.E. do I just tell the
dial-up connection box that the username is pppuser and the password
is secretpassword and it will figure out the rest?
Chris
--
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| __o "All I was doing was trying to get home from work." |
| _`\<,_ -Rosa Parks |
+_(*)/_(*)___________________________________________________________+