mgetty does not get AutoPPP from Win95 client

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tc wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> when dialing from a Win95 client to connect with AutoPPP the connection is build
> fine, but the user name is not correct, so login can't be done. It should be
> AutoPPP, but it is just something strange. I have Red Hat 6.0 with ppp-2.3.7-2
> mgetty-sendfax-1.1.19-1. When starting pppd from the command line everything is
> working. Here the messages from syslog. It should be a mgetty problem?
> Jul 22 11:34:59 hostname mgetty[5122]: data dev=ttyS0, pid=5122, caller='none',
> conn='19200/19200 LAP-M', name='', cmd='/bin/login', user='}#@!}!}"} }7}"}&} }*}
> } }%}&} }5u'
> Jul 22 11:34:59 hostname login: FAILED LOGIN 1 FROM (null) FOR }#@!}!}"} }7}"}&}
> }*} } }%}&} }5u, User not known to the underlying authentication
> module
> Any ideas?
> Regards,
> TC

The problem was that the standard rpm package does not have mgetty compiled with
-DAUTO_PPP. Ich fetched the SRPMS and recompiled mgetty with the -DAUTO_PPP
option. The new problem is, that I have no DNS, but this I will manage.
TC