Re: How to handle SLIP, PPP, and shell accounts

Stuart Lynne (sl@whiskey.wimsey.com)
6 Dec 1995 21:20:16 GMT

In article <Pine.BSD/.3.91.951206125611.2110A-100000@sierra.valleynet.com>,
Phil Jensen - News Administrator <phil@sierra.valleynet.com> wrote:
>Prompting the user for a service type would require changes to ComOS. :(

Carl has suggested in the past that challenge response could be used ...

>> I have many people do the following for users who wish multiple service
>> types:
>>
>> Joe User
>>
>> shell = joeuser
>> PPP = Pjoeuser
>> SLIP = Sjoeuser
>> ISDN = Ijoeuser
>>
>> Does anyone know a better way of handling this? Some kind of prompt
>> to the user for service type? etc..

Merit suggests using the host prompt. The user sees

host:
login:
passwd:

and enters sliphost or something similiar to get slip.

I prefer adding a server suffix that is looked up in the users file:

joeuser%service

where service can be anything you want to put in users file. Usually at
least:

%ppp ppp for users with non PAP PPP
%slip slip
%ncslip non compressed headers slip
%ruucp rlogin protocol to port 541 for uucico 

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