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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!ais.net!ix.netcom.com!news.platinum.com!not-for-mail From: Brian Clapper <clapper@platinum.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD as Windows 95/NT/Workgroups RAS server Date: 16 Jul 1997 13:02:32 -0400 Organization: PLATINUM technology, Inc Lines: 37 Message-ID: <xkqen8zvsk7.fsf@platinum.com> References: <ED9u7H.6E5@vindaloo.com> <xkqsoxhbt0d.fsf@platinum.com> <EDDKsB.Iun@vindaloo.com> <33CCA8A4.1CFBAE39@FreeBSD.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: conch.ab.platinum.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44532 "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> writes: > > [mailed and posted] > > Christopher Sean Hilton wrote: > > > > wife is at home and can connect to the local lan. The problem is that > > she needs to have this access away from the home to. I'm sure that > > what I need is an account on a FreeBSD box called something stupid > > like pppuser that automatically exec's a copy of pppd from .profile > > and then uses PAP or CHAP to authenticate. From there I cannot see a > > difference between her working at home or on the road. > > Or she need not even log in, given proper setup of pppd or ppp and the > appropriate changes to your /etc/gettytab. See man page on gettytab(5) > and on ppp(8)/pppd(8) - all the smarts for intelligent recognition of an > incoming ppp connection are there and only require configuration. I had my FreeBSD box dialing into a friend's box for awhile, while he was temporarily handling my domain. He used the gettytab/pppd solution, I believe, and had a separate (probably kermit) script enabling auto-answer for a time window in the wee hours of the morning. It worked like a charm. I can probably snag the setup from him, if it saves someone time. Also, setting up CHAP/PAP authentication is a piece of cake on FreeBSD. As Jordan says, `man pppd'. As for the Win95 configuration necessary to support that, I haven't done it, but I know folks who have. We were using CHAP authentication at my former employer. I dialed in via my FreeBSD box, but there were folks who were coming in via Win95. I'll ask one of them how he configured the box, and post the information (unless someone beats me to it). -- Brian Clapper, clapper@platinum.com There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes. -- Dr. Who