AutoPPP problems

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Hi,

On Tue, May 04, 1999 at 10:35:53PM -0600, Neil Jolly wrote:
> > > I recently compiled mgetty with the autopp option, and installedthe
> > > program. mgetty answers fine, and I can log in if I use the terminal
> > > window from a windows client (or mac or linux), or use a script such as
> > > expect ogin:, send name, expect assword:, send password, expect $ send
> > > /usr/sbin/pppd. I cannot get a client logged on using the default
> > > windows dialup networking. Here's an excerpt from the log.
> > > Apr 26 17:15:33 canbow login[427]: FAILED LOGIN 1 FROM (null) FOR
> > > /AutoPPP/, User not known to the underlying authentication module
> > 
> > The /AutoPPP/ line in "login.config" (in mgetty's config file directory)
> > is not active.
> > 
> My login.config in the etc/mgetty & sendfax directory reads as follows:
> /AutoPPP/ - a_ppp /usr/sbin/pppd file /etc/ppp/options.server

Can't be - if login complains, mgetty is not calling pppd but login
directly.  Most likely, login.config has wrong permissions or whatever.

> (this is from memory, but it's pretty close)

Don't do that - just post a log file entry (showing the last 20 lines
of an incoming call, "mgetty -x6", 20 lines before the "####" line).

> I've tried several variations as suggested in various how to articles,
> but no AutoPPP.

Use the mgetty log file (that's what the docs suggest for error hunting,
btw).

gert
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