PPP server set up: makin pppd the user's shell

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Hi,

On Sun, Oct 18, 1998 at 10:33:23PM +0200, Marc Corel wrote:
> up like
> this:
> ppp:x:xxx:XXX:/home/ppp:/usr/sbin/pppd.
> # Then I added /usr/sbin/pppd in /etc/shells
> ..... But since I did that modification, when I  log  with user ppp,
> (I enter ppp at login prompt, then my password..then) I get the ppp
> garbage
> y}#A!}!}&E0....on my screen..and in a matter of seconds, it gets me back
> 
> to the login prompt!!!

Um? That's what you asked for - if you use pppd as login shell, you'll get
"ppp garbage" after login.  If you don't speak PPP, don't use pppd as
login shell.

Or is there something that I don't understand?

Have you looked at pppd's log file?

gert
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