bill writes: > Some ISPs using CHAP present the "username"/"password" sort of thing (of > course "username:" might be something else like "login:", "account:", > etc. but actually don't use them for ppp logins. If the script "wakes > up getty" on such systems, a ppp login attempt will fail.
Yes, I'm aware of that. If the user specifies pap or chap such prompts will be ignored. > I personally am trying to play around with the multiple ISP problem here > and while in principle it ought to be "trivial" it is proving to be > anything but! Richard has already solved it (though at the cost of seperate config files for each user). > Inasmuch as hamm seems to create the "/etc/ppp/peer" directory and the > "etc/chatscripts/provider" file, I would suggest that any user > configuration tool default to naming the "provider" files with name > related to the users input thus in effect making the existing "provider" > files "example" files. I intend to do something like that. > pon" itself seems only to lack the ability to accept either an arguement > (which might be a security problem) or a "choice" which should not be a > problem. The user can also simply type 'pppd call <provider>'. > I also feel as though the whole process, as it currently exists (in bo), > of setting up an ISP connection is horribly messy. I agree. This is partly an upstream problem. 2.3.1 improves the situation quite a bit. > I don't know your own priorities but suggest that ALL connection methods > be considered for eventual inclusion in your setup software, even slip. I monitor the newsgroups for questions about "getting on-line". I don't recall the last time I saw one about slip. Does anyone on this list use it? I've dunc to where it deals properly with my isp. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .