On 30 Oct 1996 22:23:24 -0500, Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org> mumbled:
> Christian Kuhtz <kuhtz@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>
> > All of the above can be accomplished without messing with login and
> > purely by scripting, etc in the shell's rc file, or the system's global
> > master shell rc.
>
> IF the user HAS a shell.

If not, it'll be a binary that is run, and that's what should be doing the  
parsing and interaction with the user.

> IF the user does NOT, the application which is run at login can also parse
> the flags, say, pppd, etc.

Create a binary wrapper for pppd.  That's what's commonly done everywhere.  
However, in many situation you can also launch (exec) a pppd from a login  
shell script.

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