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From: Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@chickasaw.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Shell/PPP dialins. Help plz.
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 14:13:34 -0500
Organization: Chickasaw Nation Net
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On Mon, 10 Jun 1996, Jim Sloan wrote:

> Chameleon does support minimal scripting, we have several users using it 
> without the P infront of their userid.  They just add in the dialup options 
> ie:
> ogin: <userid> sword: <password> % ppp

Right; that works with the commercial version, but *NOT* with the one I
was talking about.

> and it works like a charm.  There has to be even limited scripting 
> because login: and password: are not universal login prompts.

There are three versions (that I know of, could be more) of Chameleon's
dialup connectivity package floating around.

One of them can ONLY do scripted logins if the site uses login: and
Password:.  That one either requires manual logins, or a system like
BSDI's preferred default of a P before the userid.  It can also do PAP,
but that's a whole 'nother set of complaints.  :-)

(BTW, the Chameleon version I'm thinking of is, I believe, the one that
comes in "Internet for Windows for Dummies Starter Kit" and has a $15
registration fee.  It includes the web browser and FTP, but doesn't have
some of the minor apps like the Talk client, if I remember correctly.)


  Shawn McMahon          | Smokesignals Computer Company
  Senior System Operator | Southern Oklahoma's Internet Service Provider
  Chickasaw Nation Net   | 405 332-0033   http://www.chickasaw.com