Not Another AutoPPP question

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Hi,

Greg Dickson wrote:
> Im sorry about asking this as Im sure it must have been asked before
> but I cant find any info about it
> 
> we have just got AutoPPP going on our system and would like to get it
> loggin the username into the utmp
> 
> the login.config says
> 
> # utmp_entry is what will appear in the "who" listing. Use "-" to not
> #  set an utmp entry (a must for /bin/login), use "@" to set it to the
> #  username entered. Maximum length is 8 characters.
> #
> 
> But no matter what line I put
> 
> /AutoPPP/ -    a_ppp   /usr/sbin/pppd auth -chap +pap login debug
> gives a_ppp in a who listing
> 
> /AutoPPP/ -    @   /usr/sbin/pppd auth -chap +pap login debug
> gives /AutoPPP/
> 
> /AutoPPP/ -    -   /usr/sbin/pppd auth -chap +pap login debug
> gives no user record

Hmmm.  Basically, "login" should make pppd put the user name into utmp.

If that doesn't work, maybe your pppd version is too old?

[Whatever you configure on mgetty's end won't change anything, as mgetty
does not know the user name!]

gert
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