Re: [LI] dial in configuration using mgetty

["VaibhaV Sharma" <dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I observed one more thing. I think it was a wise mistake IF IT WAS A
MISTAKE.

I ran the script from the directory /home/vaibhav after "su root"

what the script did was that it created actual directory structure which
contained etc/inittab, etc, etc
and /etc/ppp/options , etc etc in the directory /home/vaibhav

I was hoping that I modified my system files by taking a risk but the found
out that the original files were NOT affected, instead the script created
them in /home/vaibhav/etc and the respective directories

The script would have worked if I would have run it after having /etc as my
current directory.

maybe u can ask the user for a test script installation and a REAL one so
that the user can be assured that the script wont do anything destructive as
a lot of important files are involved.

I remember accidently wiping off my inittab file while experimenting with a
similar script I wrote. And then I had a ride of my life experimenting with
boot disks and stuff like that to restore the original file.

Anyway....Excellent work pal. Your script surely helped one of my Army
friends who is setting up an Intranet for his regiment. Would update you on
its results. For a start I am helping him with apache on RH6.1 and your
script for giving access in the Army campus. Your script helped that newbie
to startup dialin on that Intranet.

VaibhaV Sharma
Indian Linux Users Group Indore Chapter

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----- Original Message -----
From: Jiju Thomas Mathew <digitelnet@xxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [LI] dial in configuration using mgetty


> >I have not tried the script myself but by going through the script it
seems
> >that it should work perfectly.
> >
> >Excellent work pal.
>
> thanks for the detailed check through and suggestions, we have done some
> more enhancements and is posting that in a day or two, with one script
which
> takes one parameter with three options
>
> server {dialin|dialout|status}
>
> >
> >While going through the script I was thinking that I usually create 2
> >scripts for enabling and disabling dialin access at my clients place
> always,
> >which could be done by u too but then it was also catered to at the end
of
> >the script.
> >
> >But u can include one more thing in the readme file. You can include the
> >mention about the two of the scripts that you have put to enable and
> disable
> >dialin. Without reading the source, there is no way to know about it, I
> >guess. OR is it that u displayed it while the script is running??
> >
> yes, we do say about it at the end of the script in a message box window.
> also i will see that this is added into the readme.txt
> >Very well done indeed.
> >
> thanks once again
>
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