Not Another AutoPPP question

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pppd-2.3.3-2 is broken.  It does not log correctly into last, who, utmp,
or even wtmp.  I do not know if this was ever fixed or not.

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robert

Gert Doering wrote:
> 
> 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?