[Gloucs] help with pppd and mgetty
Paul Robertson
gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk
Wed Nov 20 23:11:03 2002
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Does anyone have experience of configuring a server to accept PPP =
connections via an external modem?
I can get pppd to issue the appropriate gobbledegook by typing 'pppd' on =
the server, but it doesn't then connect.
If I dial in from a remote machine I get the usual login prompt:
I've looked at the HOWTOS, but they are quite complicated, and I've =
obviously got something wrong.
Ta,
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Paul
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