Hello Brian,

Yes, this looks fine, although I think this shows that the -direct
description is wrong.  Perhaps this is more appropriate:

-direct
   This is used for communicating over an already established connection,
   usually when receiving incoming connections accepted by getty(8).  ppp
   ignores the ``set device'' line and uses descriptor 0 as the link.  ppp
   will ignore any configured chat scripts unless the ``force-scripts''
   option has been enabled.

If callback....

Do you agree with this description ? If so, I'll go ahead and commit the

yes, this is more accurate description. i missed it.


changes. Just to be picky, I'll re-sort the OPT_ variables too :*P

no problem :)


And thanks for the patches.

thank you for reviewing them :) max



On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 14:45:37 -0800, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:

Dear Brian and Hackers,

Please find updated proposed version of the patch. As suggested by
Warner option has been renamed to 'force-sripts' and now works for
both 'direct' and 'dedicated' modes. Also as suggested by Terry the
man page has been updated to document side effect of 'direct'.

-direct
  This is used for receiving incoming connections.  ppp ignores the
  ``set device'' line and uses descriptor 0 as the link.  ppp will
  never use any configured chat scripts unless ``force-scripts''
  option has been enabled.

  If callback is configured, ppp will use the ``set device'' infor-
  mation when dialing back.

-dedicated
  This option is designed for machines connected with a dedicated
  wire.  ppp will always keep the device open and will never use
  any configured chat scripts unless ``force-scripts'' option has
  been enabled.

force-scripts
  Default: Disabled. Forces execution of the configured chat
  scripts in direct and dedicated modes.


Please find attached patch that adds new option to the PPP.

run-scripts-in-direct-mode
      Default: Disabled. This allows to run chat scripts in
      direct mode.

did i miss anything? objections? comments? reviews?


First comment: run it past Brian Somers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; it's
his baby, and he's the active maintainer.

I have sent him e-mail.



Rest of comments:

Actually, why doesn't "-direct" allow a chat script by default?
The man page doesn't document that as a side-effect of "-direct",
only of "-dedicated", but it's been there since the import.

Should this really be a "negotiate" section command, rather than
just a command or a "set" command?

Also, there are only two other commands even have a "-" in them,
and both of them only have one (just seems a little long, compared
to, say, "rsid" or "direct-with-script", or even "force-script").

Personal preference: don't make it conditional on "-direct", let
it also work with "-dedicated", and call it "force-script" or
something, instead.

done



The man page should be updated -- including the undocumented
side-effect of "-direct" disabling scripts).

done


thanks
max






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