On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 05:41:17AM -0600, James Kaufman wrote: > On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 06:45:54PM +0000, Chadley Wilson wrote: > > Here is where I am at after following the instructions on the link provided > > earlier: > > > > I dialup and I get to logging on to network then the mgetty just dies and > > kicks me out of my ssh session. > > > > as you can see > > > > > > [root@chadlap chadley]# ssh preload > > root@preload's password: > > Last login: Thu Feb 10 18:28:03 2005 from chadlap > > [root@preload root]# /sbin/mgetty ttyS0 -D ttyS0 -s 115200 > > Connection to preload closed. > > [root@chadlap chadley]# > > > > How can I find out why it is dying on me and kicking me out of the ssh > > session? > > > > I presume it has to do with the authentication but I can't seem to get it to > > authenticate. > > > > I have allowed ppp0 on my firewall and I have also set a passwd for a user > > copied from the example also ppp > > > > please could some-one more knowledgeable help out here! > As usual I am confused. On a ppp server , which I assume preload is supposed to be, one starts mgetty by having a line in the /etc/initab file as follows: S0:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -s 115200 /dev/ttyS0 mgetty runs all the time. I am not sure how you logged in to preload without mgetty already running. Then there is a line in the /etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.conf file the reads something like this: /AutoPPP/ - a_ppp /usr/sbin/pppd auth -chap +pap -detach login that causes mgetty to answer the phone and do the authentication using the information in the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file. What are you really doing and why do you try to run mgetty after you are logged in? -- ======================================================================= Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other. -- Honore DeBalzac ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
