script tutorial
http://winfiles.cnet.com/connect/dscript.html
also see
http://wwwasu.murdoch.edu.au/help/connecting/win95/script/script.htm
bug
On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Rusty Carruth wrote:
> Bug Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > windows has an option for their dial up, in modem settings (advanced??)
> > to bring up a terminal window either before or after dialing.
> >
> > allow it to bring up a terminal window after dialing. The normal ppp
> > negotation does not yet start, and your pppd server should then put out
> > its login: and password: prompts, which you can fill in by hand.
> >
> > if this does not work, then you have to work on your linux pppd until it
> > does. once that works, windoze should get in just fine.
> >
> > bug
>
> well, it works, but they'd really rather not have to log in manually,
> and I've not seen how to get it to NOT require them to log in manually
> every time.
>
> That's the short response. Here's the longer one:
>
> I tried goin to the 'scripting' tab, and setting a (bogus) filename
> in as the script, and that indeed forces w98 to make you log in
> manually, at which point pppd runs (on the linux side) and all
> that's needed is to tell w98 to go on with things. This works
> fine, but requires the user to always log in manually, which
> they'd rather not have.
>
> Next login attempt - same thing, you need to enter manually.
>
> So, I tried to create a script file - without any info on
> what goes in to it I was pretty much spitting into the wind -
> really messy, and I had no luck getting anything to work.
>
