Please place answers *below* questions; it makes it easier for other to read too.
On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 04:29:54PM -0700, curtis wanted to write, but didn't:
>
> >How? The contents of the relevant log file /var/log/mgetty/mg_ttyS0.log
> >should give a clue. (Apologies if you have looked already)
>
> Having turned on debugging, here is the output of my log file:
>
[ snip, snip ]
> 06/04 16:30:46 ##### data dev=ttyS0, pid=18440, caller='none',
> conn='19200/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS', name='', cmd='/usr/sbin/pppd',
> user='/AutoPPP/'
OK. So mgetty is quite willing to start up pppd for you. Good.
>
> >
> >Authorisation should be done by pppd in your case (I assume that you
> >don't want people to use mgetty's login prompt). Does mgetty recognise
> >dial-in attempts as PPP connections?
[Answering my own question, but wth]: yes
> >
> >If it does, then you should be able to get more clues by adding
> > debug
> >to /etc/ppp/options.server and study /var/log/syslog (depending on your
> >syslogd config). The pppd debug should tell you what is going on.
I'm afraid that the ball is back in your court....
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