On Sat, 5 Sep 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I m trying setting up my ppp server.
This is old, but I saw (or remember) no responses, and now I'm
trying to do a similar thing and having problems. Did you get it
going?
> My PPP server setup instructions ask me to create an accont called ppp,
> so normally I have in /etc/passwd something like:
> ppp:C9J79S0B3K/j6:501:501::/home/ppp:/bin/bash
> But my ppp server setup instructions recommend to create a ppp login
> script (the path for it would be /etc/ppp/ppplogin ) and that I should
> add a line referring to it ..to the path of ppp in /etc/passwd. That
> means something like:
> ppp:C9J79S0B3K/j6:501:501::/home/ppp:/etc/ppp/ppplogin:/bin/bash
You have added an 8th field. You need to leave out ":/bin/bash".
Unless you have something particular in mind for it to do, you
don't need a script (ppplogin). The README.linux in the source
suggests simply
ppp:(crypted password):102:50:PPP client:/home/ppp:/usr/sbin/pppd
But as far as I can see (assuming you have PPP authentication
turned on), you could use
ppp::102:50:PPP client login:/home/ppp:/usr/sbin/pppd
i.e. you don't think you need a password, either.
> How to go through that..I guess I really need to find a way for adding
> the path for the ppp login script in /etc/passwd..but how..
I guess you worked it out along the above lines. If you have it
working I'd be interested to know what pppd and kernel versions you
are using.
My problem is with authentication. Dunno if anyone reads linux-ppp,
but I'll be mailing the list with details of my problem (for the
third time) shortly. So I'd truly like to know if you have it going,
what versions you are using and what authentication you are using.
> Thanks
>
> Marc Jacobson
Rgds, mtw
