Thanks a lot for all of the responses - you won't believe what the answer was !! - my chat script waited for a 'ogin:' prompt, got it and replied with the name - then waited for a 'ssword:'prompt, got it and replied with the password - then waited for 'rotocol:' prompt, GOT IT and started my own ppp Their end was never starting ppp. It turned out, Demon hadn't set up the requested password ????? It amazed me that their system even asked for protocol - even their helpdesk said that it should respond with invalid login if the password was wrong ! Thanks for all of your suggestions and offers of scripts though - I'll have to put it down to experience ( and catch up with some sleep !). Regards - George Mailer - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-diald" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
