Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > jens wrote, > > > Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > > > > oh :) I thought that the script started it at the other end :) > > > Not unless you made it! > > ok, slowly it's sinking in . . . > > > > OK, for the really dumb question: how do I start ppp on the other end on > > > a > > > debian box? it seems to be with pppd to start the daemon, but I'm having > > > trouble figuring out the man & doc pages. > > > Actually I recommend using mgetty. mgetty is capable of "auto sensing" ppp > > when > > it picks up the line so you don't even have to log in and start ppp, your > > script simply waits for connect and then you authenticate using PAP or CHAP. > > so I merely need to install mgetty on the remote host, and it will > replace getty? > > > If > > you like you can have pppd use the regular user/password database to > > authenticate you. Having installed mgetty and made the necessary changes to > > /etc/inittab you can put this line in /etc/mgetty/login.config (my email > > client > > might wrap the line but it's supposed to be a single line): > > > > /AutoPPP/ - - /usr/sbin/pppd proxyarp auth -chap +pap login modem > > crtscts 192.168.1.1:192.168.1.127 > > I've tryied a PAP script, but I can't see a difference between it's end and > te plain chat script. So let's see if I've got this straight: > > 1) install mgetty on the remote host > 2) put the Autoppp line above in, but switch "local" for "modem crtscts" > as this is coming in over ethernet by the time it gets to the remote > host. And switch to IP numbers to the static addresses for my local > machine and the remote (i have a secon IP on the same subnet to use\ > for the local machine). > 3) use pppconfig to get an initial PAP chatscript. > 4) add a few lines aftr connect to handle the network logon and machine > selection, stoppping right before the remote system would offer a login > prompt.
Ooops. Sorry, I forgot that you're not dialing into a modem. No, this won't work because mgetty only works on modems. Hmmm. If you have a script on the remote end which just runs pppd you should be able to just run this. Is that what you had working before? You were using pon? Why? > 5) try pon again. > > > > I've figured out to insert > > > the ppp & shlc modules on the host, but I'm not clear on what else to do. > > > You shouldn't need to insert these modules if you have modules auto loaded. > > that's my impression too, but my modules don't seem to autoload: Weird. Ok. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
