Re: (PM) Question about Automatic login

Jeff Woods (jeff@delta.com)
Mon, 26 Jan 1998 16:31:46 -0500

Thanks, Karl, but this isn't working. When I use PMConsole to try to
modify the user thusly, I get an error updating user. It seems it doesn't
like the combination of Login-User, Service Type Telnet, and a host of
SPECIFIED, by IP address. If I change the host to "default" it accepts
the change, but clearly, that's not what I need.

ComOS 3.7.2
PMConsole 3.5.1.4

Aieee!

At 02:32 PM 1/26/98 -0600, Karl Denninger wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 26, 1998 at 03:17:30PM -0500, Jeff Woods wrote:
>> We are an ISP and software manufacturer. We want our new PM-3 to act both
>> as a terminal server front end to reach our software support BBS, and as
>> the NAS for our ISP operations. The ISP side, cake. What I want is:
>>
>> If the username given at the login: prompt is "bbs", I want it to
>> automatically establish a telnet session to a given IP address.
>>
>> Can this be done, and if so, how? The docs on page 5-7 of the
>> Configuration Guide seem to indicate that it can, but they are somewhat
>> cryptical. Thanks!
>
>Sure. No big deal at all.
>
>Try this:
>
>bbs Password = ""
> User-Service = Login-User,
> Login-Service = Telnet,
> Login-Host = bbs.your.domain
>
>The user has to hit <RETURN> for the password, but other than that,
>it does what you want.
>
>You can also use "rlogin" in the service to get an 8-bit clean connect,
>which is probably preferred for your use. Note that if the target machine
>then "trusts" the terminal server, and has an account by the same name, that
>you will sign right into the shell without a password on the system end.
>
>This can be either good or bad, and you have to do your security planning
>accordingly.
>
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