[ale] Mgetty/Slackware

[Ben Coleman]

On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 15:40:55 -0400, Bob Kruger wrote:

>Is anyone successfully running Slackware with Mgetty for dialin?

Yes, I am, handling shell and PPP login, and Fax.

>I have compiled and installed Mgetty in accordance with the Pocket-ISP
>How-To.  MGetty will answer the modem, but I have not been able to get
>Windows to send a login and password.  If I tell Windows to pop up a
>terminal screen a login, I can log onto the computer as well.
>
>Any ideas or hints?

What kind of connection from the Windows box are you trying to make? 
PPP?  Windows normally expects to be able to drop right into PPP, and
authenticate via PAP or CHAP (or MSCHAP).  If you want to do a scripted
login, you can write a script (I think there's a 'generic login script'
on the Windows side that might work), but I find it easier to use
mgetty's AutoPPP functionality to drop right into PPP.  Make sure you
specify the 'auth' option in your pppd options so the incoming call is
forced to authenticate via PAP or CHAP.

Ben
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