is it possible to give name and password for a remote session on the commandline to pppd instead of using the chap-secrets file? Or maybe use a private chap-secrets file?
Reason i want that is, my application offers dial-up connection to different sites. The user should enter name and password. I dont’ really want to modify the chap-secrets file which is used for incoming connections as well. It would be difficult to handle multiple dial-up sessions with one chap-secrets anyway.
Previously, Horst Hannappel wrote in qdn.public.qnx4:
is it possible to give name and password for a remote session on the commandline to pppd instead of using the chap-secrets file? Or maybe use a private chap-secrets file?
Reason i want that is, my application offers dial-up connection to different sites. The user should enter name and password. I dont’ really want to modify the chap-secrets file which is used for incoming connections as well. It would be difficult to handle multiple dial-up sessions with one chap-secrets anyway.
any insights?
I’ve set up an account called pppd, only when you login in to it pppd is started.
You could have multiple pppd logins… john_pppd fred_pppd
to support secret passwords for multiple users.
All of these logins could be set to use the same directory in /etc/passwd.
See attached .profile used in the pppd account
(Note: use specific logout at end of script otherwise pppd link sometimes holds modem line busy.)
-Paul
Horst Hannappel <Horst.Hannappel@mbs-software.de> wrote in message
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Previously, Horst Hannappel wrote in qdn.public.qnx4:
is it possible to give name and password for a remote session on the commandline to pppd instead
of using the chap-secrets file? Or maybe use a private chap-secrets file?
Reason i want that is, my application offers dial-up connection to different sites. The user
should enter name and password. I dont’ really want to modify the chap-secrets file which is used
for incoming connections as well. It would be difficult to handle multiple dial-up sessions with one
chap-secrets anyway.
any insights?
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