On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Mike Frisch wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Geof Goodrum wrote:
>
> > Is there any particular reason you don't want to use mgetty with AutoPPP
> > and per user entries in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets? Then you don't need to mess
> > with /etc/passwd at all, and you have more access control.
>
> When using this method, will a "who" or "w" should the login name of the
> user connected? It was my experience in the past that it did not (which
> is one feature important to my particular application).
Yes and no. If you use the 'login' option, the names show up. Here is
output from 'last':
ggoodrum ttyR2 230400 Mon Oct 4 21:21 - 21:41 (00:19)
a_ppp ttyR2 230400 Mon Oct 4 21:21 - 21:21 (00:00)
However, this means you still have to 'adduser'. The users also have
shell access unless you explicitly disable it (which means you have to do
more or less what you proposed in the first place).
Therefore, just creating a login shell that execs pppd is probably a
reasonable approach. I believe the proper way to do this is discussed in
Al Longyear's PPP FAQ (not the HOWTO); you should not run pppd directly.
If you are doing this for accounting (bill per use), this has been the
subject of several threads in the past. I believe there are tools
available for this.
Geof Goodrum
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