>
> Hi All,
>
> We support PPP, SLIP and shell users. Up till now I've been using a home
> grown terminal server under linux to handle the dialin lines.
>
> Most people use Trumpet Winsock, or MacPPP to dialin... both have
> scripting, and both can tell my getty what sort of session they want.
>
> Windows 95 doesn't come with a scripting tool however, so I hacked up my
> getty to autodetect PPP strings, and then use PAP to authenticate.
>
Actually, it does come with a scripting tool on the CD-ROM version of Win95.
If the user doesn't have the CD-ROM version, they can get the file DSCRPT.EXE
(Dialup Scripting Tool) from ftp.microsoft.com (or use the
www.microsoft.com to find it). DSCRPT.EXE *is* the file on the CD-ROM
version of Win95 (I think M$oft bills it as part of the "Resource Kit").
> This is still in testing, and our users don't know about it yet. Anyway,
> there is a portmaster on the way (finally), and I don't want to change
> all our PPP users over to this new login method, and then have to change
> 'em back in a few weeks... so: Does the Portmaster (a 2er) support
> autodetect PPP?
Yep...just logged in to a Portmaster in Denver using PAP authentication :)
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