Quoting A. Barry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi, I am a new converter to linux os, ending the misery of windows os. > I managed will till now to install debian linux and managed to have ppp > to > work fine for some connections. My main isp requires a callback > authentication > to connect, and I could not fined any mention of callback in all the > docs I have, > including the HOW-TOs.
You need to look at the mgetty documentation. Effectively, callback is something that is done by mgetty before ppp gets handed the connection. I've not managed to configure callback with pppconfig, but the easiest approach seems to be to use pppconfig, pretending that you're not using callback; then add the extra lines to /etc/chatscript/foo. For example: ABORT BUSY ABORT VOICE ABORT "NO DIALTONE" "" ATZ OK AT OK ATDT01555555555 ogin:--ogin: \d\qsecret-word ) <- after sending this, it hangs up. RING '' )these are inserted RING '' )after pppconfig. RING ata ) <- my box answers the phone now. ogin:--ogin: '' Notes: Don't use ABORT "NO CARRIER" because that's a message you'll receive when it deliberately hangs up. secret-word is a userid that makes my remote mgetty call me back. Each secret chooses a different (selection of) number. Check your /etc/mgetty/login.config for the /AutoPPP/ line which determines how mgetty behaves when it receives a call that chucks PPP at it. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.