On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Rhudi wrote:
> It's not that it needs to communicate to the PPP client. It could send
> mail to a defined e-mail account for each PPP type.
The last thing I want radius doing is sending e-mail. With dozens of
portmasters and a thousand active connections I don't want radius wasting
its time sending e-mail. That can be done more effectively outside of
radius. Just write a script that runs through the users file every
morning when the server has nothing better to do and sends email to anyone
whose password will be expiring in one week (or whatever). They'll get
that email next time they log in. They won't get it any sooner than if
it had been generated by their login.
> ----------
> From: Leo Savage[SMTP:leo@esva.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 1996 16:54 PM
> To: Rhudi
> Cc: portmaster-radius@livingston.com
> Subject: RE: Password Expiry. (fwd)
>
> On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Rhudi wrote:
>
> > What I don't understand is why we, the end users have to come up with
> > "hacks" for what is clearly a much needed feature.
>
> Because there doesn't seem to be anything in PPP for sending a message to
> the operator. There's nothing Livingston can do about it.
>
> I agree it's a much needed feature. I'll go farther -- it's a much needed
> feature to be able to send alerts in general to dial-up PPP accounts.
> Like for notifying everyone of an impending shutdown, for example.
>
> It just ain't there, and Livingston can't change that.
>
> BTW, due to how the function works internally, even if you're dialing in
> you don't get a notice on the last day. "Zero days left" returns the same
> as "no expiration".
>
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>
Steven P. Crain scrain@shore.net
Unix Administration and Programming
North Shore Access
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