Re: Enter Problem at Portmaster PM2ER

Jake Messinger (jake@ams.com)
Thu, 17 Apr 1997 06:52:50 -0500 (CDT)

On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, Yohannes A Sulistyono wrote:

> Hi there...
> We have installed Portmaster PM2ER at our POP.
> When I dialed in, at the Username: (or Login:) prompt, we just
> typed <enter> (no characters else typed), and we hoped we still got
> Username: prompt.
> But, what we got is Password: prompt.
> I want to ask you if it's possible to make it still reply with Username:
> prompt if the user dialing in just type <enter> (no character else typed).

It doesnt and shouldnt do this because it would break alot of other
scripts that EXPECT to see passwd. Also it would then work differently
from unicies.
>
> That's a problem for our script, because we put some <enter> characters
> at begining of the script as needed by our Cisco router.

Why do you have SOME enter characters? Just make the script go into a loop
hitting enter UNTIL it sees "username:"

> can anybody help me?
>
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