Re: dunc pppd configuration script

1997-12-10 Thread Bill Leach
Hi John; If windoz can't handle it then I can think of ONE reason for doing it that way! :-> You certainly could be right on the possibility of a "post-ppp" login but I thought it was possible. best, -bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dunc pppd configuration script

1997-12-10 Thread john
Bill Leach writes: > One question that I have: Is it true that ALL ISPs that use chap or pap > authentication also do not require an initial login? I don't personally > know of any exceptions but I also don't see any technical reason why it > would not be possible to use chap following login. I'v

Re: dunc pppd configuration script

1997-12-09 Thread Bill Leach
Hi John; One question that I have: Is it true that ALL ISPs that use chap or pap authentication also do not require an initial login? I don't personally know of any exceptions but I also don't see any technical reason why it would not be possible to use chap following login. It also seems to me

Re: dunc pppd configuration script

1997-12-09 Thread john
bill writes: > Some ISPs using CHAP present the "username"/"password" sort of thing (of > course "username:" might be something else like "login:", "account:", > etc. but actually don't use them for ppp logins. If the script "wakes > up getty" on such systems, a ppp login attempt will fail. Yes,

Re: dunc pppd configuration script

1997-12-08 Thread bleach
John, I am not sure that I even want to get into this "flay" but some comments about my own observations with the issue are: Some ISPs using CHAP present the "username"/"password" sort of thing (of course "username:" might be something else like "login:", "account:", etc. but actually don't use the

Re: dunc pppd configuration script

1997-12-08 Thread john
Richard G. Roberto writes: > This was supposed to be as generally useful to as many people as > possible. Yes. And the most generally useful thing to do for the most people is to make it easy for them to get a single connection working so that they can email for help and ftp files. > It was origi

Re: dunc pppd configuration script

1997-12-07 Thread Richard G. Roberto
On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Robert D. Hilliard wrote: > On 05 Dec 1997 16:24:10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Richard G. Roberto writes: > > > I also want to address this issue about "standard" options file > > > locations. It is impossible to manage multiple ppp options sets in the > > > same file u

Re: dunc pppd configuration script

1997-12-06 Thread Robert D. Hilliard
On 05 Dec 1997 16:24:10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Richard G. Roberto writes: > > I also want to address this issue about "standard" options file > > locations. It is impossible to manage multiple ppp options sets in the > > same file unless the option requirements are identicle. ... I > > pe

Re: dunc pppd configuration script

1997-12-05 Thread john
Richard G. Roberto writes: > I also want to address this issue about "standard" options file > locations. It is impossible to manage multiple ppp options sets in the > same file unless the option requirements are identicle. ... I > personally have three different connection requirements and use

Re: dunc pppd configuration script

1997-12-05 Thread Richard G. Roberto
Just to clear up some confusion about dunc, I realize the script has shortcomings and John is looking into taking over the package so it can get properly attended to. However, its really quite useable in its current state -- even on a bo system. It's just an ash script that uses dialog, so it sho

Re: dunc pppd configuration script

1997-12-04 Thread Robert D. Hilliard
On 03 Dec 1997 15:43:13 you asked: > Can anyone give me some feedback on dunc? Several weeks ago I experimented with dunc 1.5. The major bug I found was in the dialup_connect script. There is what I think is called a race condition that causes the "/bin/rm -f /tmp/wchatfile" to remove wcha

Re: dunc pppd configuration script

1997-12-04 Thread Richard G. Roberto
On 3 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can anyone give me some feedback on dunc? I'm revising it and would like > to hear opinions on what should be changed. Already planned are pap/chap > support and use of the standard option and chat files. What version of dunc are you "looking" at? The l