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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.itjit.ad.jp!news.iij.ad.jp!news.CET.CO.JP!usenet From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Shell/PPP dialins. Help plz. Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 11:39:31 -0700 Organization: CET Lines: 19 Message-ID: <31C5A663.5230@cet.co.jp> References: <4oo8o8$6ah@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <david-0406962116110001@ppp27.emeraldis.com> <4p5qrs$1ok_004@news.livenet.net> <Pine.BSI.3.93.960610101142.12856E-100000@picard.chickasaw.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gaucho.cet.co.jp Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) Shawn McMahon wrote: > > On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, Jim Sloan wrote: > > > ONE login than 2, even if it is a simple P infront of their login. The P > > itself provides nothing in the way of security, provides nothing in the way a > > user can connect, > > It does enhance connectivity in one way: > > It makes it possible to use automatic logins with several programs that do > not support scripting, such as the version of Chameleon that comes free in > some books. There are others. Are you saying that a 'P' in the username actually causes getty to bypass Unix login and launch ppp automatically? If so, you better use a PPP implementation that supports CHAP or PAP. -mh