[plug] pppd

[Garth Atkinson]

Hi Jeremy

I think the cmd='/bin/login' is correct when ppp packets are detected on
the interface that mgetty is using...

Garth

Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
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> I tried to reply before, but for some reason the listserver bounced my
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> I think the problem is found here:
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>  10/31 11:01:48 ##### data dev=ttyS0, pid=147, caller='none',
> conn='38400',
>  name='', cmd='/bin/login', user='/AutoPPP/'
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> This shows that mgetty is passing the PAP login to /bin/login whereas
> it should be passing it directly to pppd.  Since /bin/login is the
> default, this indicates to me that you do not have the following line
> correct in your /etc/mgetty/login.config:
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>  /AutoPPP/ -     a_ppp   /usr/sbin/pppd auth -chap +pap login
> 
> Please check that this line is present in one form or another and that
> the path to pppd is correct.
> 
> Hope this helps.
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> JEREMY MALCOLM Jeremy at Malcolm.wattle.id.au http://malcolm.wattle.id.au