On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 06:06:24PM -0600, Clifford Kite wrote:
> |- The client sends a username and password, server authenticates and fires
> | off pppd.
>
> I don't think so. I'd expect it to just present the login prompt for a
> regular shell account login/password. No PPP started. But again I haven't
> actually used mgetty with the AutoPPP compiled into it. And I'm adverse to
> reading any more code than it takes to make a reasonable guess. :)
Yes, that's right. I was assuming the user's login shell is set to
/usr/sbin/pppd, then that would happen.
Would it be okay for pppd to have such a feature? Some people would
probably say this isn't the job of pppd.
But, if you're running an ISP-type system where all users are always PPP
clients you can then use pppd's plugin option and have both kinds of users
authenticated via pap_auth_hook(). Otherwise you need to code your own
/bin/login replacement that always fires off pppd.
Will a patch for this be integrated into future releases of pppd?
Thanks
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