On Fri, 04 Dec 1998, you wrote:
>Hello !
>
>I am using a Linux-box running diald to connect to my ISP.
>The local network, a Win95-machine and two Win3.11-machines are
>set up using the linux-box as router and gateway to the internet.
>
>I heard of the Dialmon-Tool and tried to install it: It seems to be
>working.
>As Mike pointed out in the Mini-HOWTO enclosed in the package, the
>trusted users in dialmon.users have to be users on the Linuxbox. So did
>I and configured for two users, one with a password the other without.
>But neither the first nor the second gets a valid connecting extending the
>default permissions as pointed out in dialmon.conf, section [host].
>
>dialmon.conf is
>
>[host]
>port 7002
>force 90
>fifo /etc/ppp/diald.fifo
>allow up
>
>[oldwirzi] # thats the linux box running diald and dialmon
>allow down
>
>[mike] # this is the win95-client
>allow down
>
Were there no dialmon.users, a connections from 'oldwirzi' and from 'mike'
would get _just_ down permission - permissions are set, not or'ed. So you
probably want 'allow up' as well for each. You get the permissions here
if the client _does not_ log in (for the windows clients, you'd check the
'no login' box)
>
>dialmon.users is
>
>[mwirz]
>allow up
>allow down
>
>[michael]
>password michael
>allow up
>allow down
>
>
These mean than 'mwirz' can log in with the password for the 'mwirz' user
on the linux box (by deafault) and 'michael' with the password for 'michael'
(explicit via the 'password michael' line). In both cases, the client
should get up and down permissions. Note that a login _always_ requires
a password for verification; the 'password xxx' entry says whose password
to check it against. This is really a bit if a fudge, so that you can
avoid sending realy user passwords over the network.
It's worth having a look in the system log file (probably /var/log/messages)
where stuff like failed logins gets logged.
>The problem occurs either with a dialm-connect from Win95 or from a
>Linux-client.
>I am not very experienced with all this networking-stuff and I hope these
>questions aren�t worth answering.
>Thank you very much and excuse my english.
>
No problems, my German is much worse. It just about stretches to ordering
beer, sticky buns and 'Ich bin ein Engische Hohleforscher'
>Michael
Regards
Mike
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