On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Jean Orloff wrote -- extra stuff deleted --
> is getting on my nerves (and I won't let my wife or kids do that...). So what > I > would like is some graphical front-end to pppd, displaying the status, and > with buttons to start/stop a connection. This could be started by root at boot > time, solving the suid problems. (I tried > chmod a+s /usr/sbin/pppd /usr/sbin/chat; > chmod a+rx /etc/ppp/chat* > but no way I could fire a ppp session as a simple mortal user...). Including a > prompt for the password in such a setup would be relatively trivial. > > Does anyone know of something of this kind? I vaguely saw a related tool for > diald: a good hint? Come on: we could easily do better than windoze and the > uggly trumpet winsock on this one, and this is a huge selling argument! > > Amities, > > Jean Orloff > +++++++++ + + + + + + + ++++++ > +Tel:(33)50.09.16.75 Fax:(33)50.09.94.95 http://lapphp0.in2p3.fr/~orloff/+ > +++++++++ + + + + + + + ++++++ > "The pistol of a flower is its only protections agenst insects." > >From science exams at high-school. > +++++++++ + + + + + + + + > > I use TKppp. I believe I got it from sunsite. I made a few modifications to suit my personality, but it it is mostly stock. It does auto-redial, auto-reconnect, and pings at an interval (user-defined) to keep your ISP from shutting you off if you take too long reading your mail :-\. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you choose for the lesser of two evils, you assure yourself of an evil. Check out the Libertarian Party http://www.lp.org Mike Schmitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.transport.com/~mschmitz "To the last I grapple with thee ..." -- Melville -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
