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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.uwa.edu.au!disco.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!bofh.dot!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!hookup!news.nstn.ca!coranto.ucs.mun.ca!news.unb.ca!agate.nbnet.nb.ca!news From: cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca (Lance Cavener) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Shell/PPP dialins. Help plz. Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 22:44:55 GMT Organization: VSi Lines: 79 Message-ID: <4p52n3$6qm@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> References: <4oo8o8$6ah@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <david-0406962116110001@ppp27.emeraldis.com> Reply-To: cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.164.199.184 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 david@emeraldis.com (David G. Cannon) wrote: >In article <4oo8o8$6ah@agate.nbnet.nb.ca>, cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca wrote: >> 1) Basically im setting up a small ISP to get the hang of things, and >> I want to offer Shell and PPP accounts. Anyway, as I understand it all >> PPP accounts have the letter P at the start of it (Pdowntown, or >> Psmith).. Now, this sucks. How do I get rid of the P? >Actually, the "P" before the username is great! You just don't understand >why because you're a newbie to this. If you want to "get the hang of >things", understand that there are excellent reasons why BSDI does it that >way. You just haven't used it long enough to see why. I think the >engineers at BSDI know just a little more than you do about how to setup >an Internet server? Of course, you would probably disagree. Hehe. How old are you? 10? First of all, all the P Does is confuse the shit out of my users. Second of all, there is no need to have it. >> 2) Also, where is the init strings for my modem? >You are definitely new to this! You need to use the "tip <ttydevice>" to >connect to your modems and configure the init strings as power-up defaults >for the modems. The modems will do the initializing themselves. (Hint: >page 71 of your BSDI manual!) I am new to BSDI, and if there is a problem with that let me know. If not, maybe you can improve your attitude a little. Have some respect boy. >> 3) Is there any programs out there that will allow you to monitor >> users usage? I thought an accounting package came with BSDI but I >> guess not. >Yes, there is, and yes, you guessed wrong. You can use the "ac" command to >find out the details on a person's usage. It can be used in conjunction >with the "last" command to give very detailed reports. You can find out >exactly how to use those commands by looking at the man pages on them. Or >do you know how? I hardly call ac an accounting package. Its useless for what I want to do. Anyway, it doesnt matter. I wrote my own program to go into wtmp and sort it out into a nice text file and MS Access automatically processes it into a nice chart. >> 4) Where can I get howtos or faqs on setting up BSDI, the damn manual >> tells you jack about it, basically it just skimms the surface! >This newsgroup can answer all of your specific questions. If you want a >great book that deals with system administration and has specific >instruction for BSDI, get "Unix System Administration Handbook: 2nd >Edition", published by Prentice Hall. It's an excellent book that every >BSDI System Admin should have. Books-A-Million and Barnes & Noble should >carry it. Have thoes allready. >You're welcome! And if you could be a little more pleasant, and not so >dang bitchy, people would be much more willing to answer your questions in >a non-sarcastic way! Sorry but I am not the bitchy one. >David G. Cannon >P.S. - BSDI is not the "bad guy"... Unix-illiterate people who think NT is >superior to something they've never used before are! ;-) Unix illerate?! Hahaha. You are just a kid arnt you. Look, I have been using Linux for 5 years and SCO for god knows how long. Both in a networked and non-networked envirtonment. I also know GNU C and shell scripting like the back of my hand. I don't see how this can be called being unix-illerate. And to be honest, NT is superior to Unix in some aspects. One being administration, and another being PPP dialins. LC