while i havent tried it myself, PPP logins should be disabled if your using pppd's "auth" and "login" option which will use the system's login and use /etc/passwd for passwords. (I use it but havent tested it in event of a power failure)
how is your pppd setup for mgetty? nate On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Madarasz Karoly wrote: mkarol >Hello all! mkarol > mkarol >How can I configure ppp so in case of a powerfailure signal mkarol >ppp logins to be disabled, and to be enabled on a powerok signal? mkarol > mkarol >Normal console logins are disabled. For ppp logins I use mgettys mkarol >AutoPPP feature. mkarol >My system: mkarol >slink 2.0.28 kernel, pppd 2.3.11, mgetty 1.1.18-1, genpower 1.0.1-8 mkarol > mkarol >Thanks, mkarol >Karesz! mkarol > mkarol > mkarol >-- mkarol >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null mkarol > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 7:05am up 192 days, 19:27, 1 user, load average: 1.09, 1.06, 1.09