port-mac68k: Re: how to use modem port

Subject: Re: how to use modem port
To: Eric Sharakan - SMCC High Performance Computing <sharakan@icarus-tm.east.sun.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/27/1997 14:28:22

> Is there any way to have ppp query me interactively for account info 
> (username/password)?  I have some qualms about leaving passwords in script 
> files.  I also might be switching to an ISP that utilizes dynamic passwords.

The scripts try hard to keep the password in a only-root-readable file.

I'm not sure how to querry for dynamic passwords.

Take care,

Bill