How do I create a dialin PPP connection in SCO OS5 using MorningStar PPP?

06/07/2000

Problem: How do I create a dialin PPP connection in SCO OS5 using MorningStar PPP?

Solution: Follow the steps below:

Create a user with the following attributes:

a. Home directory	/usr/lib/msppp (MorningStar default install)
b. Login Shell	/usr/lib/mstppp/Login-user Where Login-user is the script you create later and user is the username
c. Login Group	ppp

Create a script in /usr/lib/mstppp named Login-user

#!/bin/sh

# PPP login shell example for SystemV Unix

PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/lib/mstppp:/etc:/bin
PPPHOME=/usr/lib/mstppp
export PATH PPPHOME

mesg n
stty -tostop
exec pppd `hostname`:10.0.212.2 idle 300 rtscts
# 10.0.212.2 is the assigned IP address (Ensure the address you use is on the same subnet as the host.)
List the /usr/lib/mstppp# ls -l /usr/lib/mstppp/pppd
The results should look something like this:
-rwsr-x--- 1 root ppp 338527 Oct 2 07:37 /usr/lib/mstppp/pppd
If not, use chmod and chown to change mode and ownership as follows:
# chmod 4750 /usr/lib/mstppp/pppd # chown root:ppp /usr/lib/mstppp/pppd
Dialin a PPP connection and the newly created user and the ppp connection should begin.

For more information refer to the MorningStar PPP User's Guide

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