Clifford Kite writes:
> A login/password entered at a prompt may start PPP at the ISP, but the
> prompt may also be there simply to provide access for non-PPP accounts.
I'm aware of that arrangement as a way to let users log in to their shell
acounts while supporting PAP for ppp. Usually. though, the command 'ppp'
does not exist on these systems.
I suspect that his ISP originally used a scripted login using a script
named ppp to start up pppd and neglected to remove it when he switched to
PAP.
However, I would not totally dismiss the possibility of an ISP attempting
to combine PAP and login/password authentication out of some misguided
belief that it would be more secure.
--
John Hasler
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Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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