You're talking about giving an IP address to somebody dialing in, right? If you want to make sure that a person always gets the same IP address, do this:
1. Set up a normal system account for the person (adduser <name>). 2. If you're authenticating with PAP, add this to /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: <name> <servername> "" * (see 'man pppd' for details on the format) 3. Make sure you call pppd with the "login" option (are you using mgetty?) 4. Put this line in $HOME/.ppprc for the user: <local-ip>:<remote-ip> If I understood you correctly, then that should do it. Where I used the "<...>" notation, you should of course substitute real parameters. Marc ---------- Marc Mongeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unix Specialist Ban-Koe Systems 9100 W Bloomington Fwy Bloomington, MN 55431-2200 (612)888-0123, x417 | FAX: (612)888-3344 ---------- "It's such a fine line between clever and stupid." -- David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel of "Spinal Tap" >>> Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/26 3:58 AM >>> On Sun, Jul 25, 1999 at 01:09:06AM +1000, Bill wrote: > Can someone please tell me how to setup up a static IP for a dialup account > on Debian 2.0.36 not using GUI?? I use pppconfig to set up ppp connections. In most cases you can treat a static IP just like you would a dynamic IP. -- Ray -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null