---- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | NEW! K56Flex support on ALL modems Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no costOn Mon, Jan 26, 1998 at 04:31:46PM -0500, Jeff Woods wrote: > 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. > > > >-- > >-- > >Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin > >http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service > > | NEW! K56Flex support on ALL modems > >Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS > >Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost > > - To unsubscribe, email 'majordomo@livingston.com' with 'unsubscribe portmaster-users' in the body of the message.