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 dunc/dppp > to manage them.
It should be possible to handle this with a seperate provider file for each isp (pon would need to be revised, or the user told to type 'pppd call <isp>'). > I had thought of making a way to manage the system options file > automatically, but decided that providing a hook to just edit it would be > enough since the only people needing to manage this file would be > sysadmins. That's fine, but on the vast majority of Linux systems user==sysadmin, and they need all the help we can give them. > If the goal is to make setting up ppp as simple as win95, then why all > the hoopla about per user configuration capability? If we provide a 'provider' file for each isp, all that needs to go in the user's .ppprc is the name of her isp. pon or a similar script would then select the correct isp after reading the .ppprc. > What dppp does is... I haven't looked closely at this yet. Sounds interesting. > ...forcing people into having root permissions to setup their ppp > connection wouldn't sit well with many sysadmins. But most people are their own sysadmins. I agree that dialing out should not require root, but initial configuration of ppp is as much system administration as is setting up an ethernet connection. > I don't think I'd want my users accidentally mucking around on their > system as root -- especially if they're connecting from home! The last > thing I need to do is start making house calls. Your users are members of a very small and very lucky minority. > John's new energy should help move it forward,... Thanks for the vote of confidence. I still have to scrape together the cash to fix my hardware, though, before I can become a real maintainer. > ...but he's still going to need users to use the thing and provide > feedback. Definitely. I also need examples of working chat scripts, both for the major national isp's, and for locals that require really bizarre stuff. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
