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Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Fri, 29 Jan 1999 20:32:59 +0100


Hi,

On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 11:53:53PM -1000, Hin cheuk Lam wrote:
> Just installed mgetty.  It does recieve the incoming calls, but it does
> not let me use AutoPPP.  The following is the mgetty.ttys0 log.  it looks
> fine.

Activate the AutoPPP entry in "login.config".

> The following is how I put my /AutoPPP/ statment in login.conf.

login.conf is not a valid file name, it must be login.config (note the
"ig" at the end!).

> /AutoPPP/ -     -       /usr/sbin/pppd auth modem crtscts lock -chap +pap
> login proxyarp

If it still doesn't use it, maybe the permissions of login.config are
wrong - check the mgetty log file (mgetty -x5) for any error messages
concerning login.config.

gert
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