[ale] Setting up linux PPP Server

[Christopher Fowler]

I have read the PPP-Howto and it seems to only talk from a client
perspective.


I want to setup my server to accept calls from PPP and shell clients.


I am running mgetty on the serial port attached to the 33.6 modem.

A typical ppp user is setup as follows:

/etc/passwd
pppuser:x:100:100:PPP User:/tmp:/usr/bin/ppp.sh


/usr/bin/ppp.sh:
#!/bin/sh

/usr/sbin/pppd crtscts netmask 255.255.255.255  192.168.1.1:192.168.1.2




To make this work I must setuid /usr/sbin/pppd and I also have to add
"noauth" to /etc/ppp/options.
Wne pppuser dials in, they get the mgetty login prompt.  They enter their
username and password then PPPD
is fired up.  What happens if a user dials in using PAP or CHAP.  Do I
totally havwe to remove mgetty from the setup and do something totally
different?

Thanks,
Chris Fowler


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