Re: Hylafax and PPP?

[David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>]

> > Maybe - but you will still need a getty of some sort if you ever want a
> > conventional data login.  Also it mightn't be such a simple shell script as
> > a control-c at the right time could give root access to the system.

The shell script would not have the serial line as its source of commands, so
it would close safely on an interrupt.

> 
> would provide an option to autodetect ppp frames but instead of
> running pppd, do a PAP password exchange to authenticate a shell login
> and then start the 'slirp' slip/ppp emulator as that user.  The advantage

You can't do PAP until you've completed the LCP negotiation.
I think a better approach would be to add PAP (or better CHAP) to slirp,
assuming that it doesn't do it already.