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by **Stephen Y** » Thu, 25 Apr 1996 04:00:00

How can I set my Linux box so that I could log onto it by calling the
attached modem? Ideally, when it answers, it would initiate a PPP
connection.

Please help...

Steve

by **Michael C. Vergalle** » Fri, 26 Apr 1996 04:00:00

> How can I set my Linux box so that I could log onto it by calling the
> attached modem? Ideally, when it answers, it would initiate a PPP
> connection.

getty_ps should do the trick....

Michael
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by **Peter van der Land** » Fri, 26 Apr 1996 04:00:00

>> How can I set my Linux box so that I could log onto it by calling the
>> attached modem? Ideally, when it answers, it would initiate a PPP
>> connection.

>getty_ps should do the trick....

Mgetty should do it better. The latest beta also does the PPP
connection automatically.

Regards,

by **wong man f** » Sun, 28 Apr 1996 04:00:00

>Subject: Re: Dialing into my Linux box
>Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 16:22:10 GMT

>>> How can I set my Linux box so that I could log onto it by calling the
>>> attached modem? Ideally, when it answers, it would initiate a PPP
>>> connection.

>>getty_ps should do the trick....
>Mgetty should do it better. The latest beta also does the PPP
>connection automatically.
>Regards,

I just use the agetty and change /bin/bash to /etc/ppp/ppplogin in the
/etc/passwd file where ppplogin is the command pppd with my options.
It works fine.

by **Stephen Suryaputr** » Sun, 28 Apr 1996 04:00:00

> I just use the agetty and change /bin/bash to /etc/ppp/ppplogin in the
> /etc/passwd file where ppplogin is the command pppd with my options.
> It works fine.

Yeah, it's great. I also use the same setting and it works. But still I
cannot make the remote host access other host connected to the same
ethernet with the PPP server. Can anybody tell me how to fix it?

Thanks and Best regards,

Stephen

by **Peter van der Land** » Mon, 29 Apr 1996 04:00:00

>>Subject: Re: Dialing into my Linux box
>>Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 16:22:10 GMT

>>>> How can I set my Linux box so that I could log onto it by calling the
>>>> attached modem? Ideally, when it answers, it would initiate a PPP
>>>> connection.

>>>getty_ps should do the trick....

>>Mgetty should do it better. The latest beta also does the PPP
>>connection automatically.

>>Regards,

>I just use the agetty and change /bin/bash to /etc/ppp/ppplogin in the
>/etc/passwd file where ppplogin is the command pppd with my options.
>It works fine.

Yeah, I know it would work, I've used it for months myself. The
advantage of using the latest mgetty beta is that you don't have to
login at all. Mgetty displays a login prompt (so a normal dial-in user
can login if (s)he wants) but keeps an eye out for incoming PPP data,
if it detects any it will automatically start pppd on the dialin host,
which can do the password authentication via PAP or CHAP.

The advantage of this approach is that it works transparently with
Windows 95 clients (dial up scripting is not needed) while still
allowing terminal logins and fax reception.

Regards,