SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide
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Remote Computing
Setting up PPP
Editing the passwd file
This step is only necessary on the dial-in server. For example, if you are
configuring two stand-alone SPARCbooks to communicate via a phone
line using PPP.
To configure a dial-in server, you must edit the
/etc/passwd
and
/etc/shadow
files. You must add an entry for each host authorized to
log in so that when the remote host calls, your system reads its UUCP
database to obtain a user name or user ID for the host initiating the call.
Your SPARCbook then verifies the user information in the
/etc/passwd
file. For information about configuring these file, please
refer to the System Administration Guide. See “Associated Documents”
Editing the asppp.cf file
The
/etc/asppp.cf
file provides PPP with information about the
system at the other end of the PPP link. When you boot your
SPARCbook, the link manager uses this information to establish and
maintain communications with the remote system.
ò
Dial-out Machine
For example, the
/etc/asppp.cf
file for the SPARCbook ketch (see
Figure 9-1) might be as follows:
ifconfig ipdptp0 plumb ketch champagne-p up
path
Figure 9-2 Two Standalone SPARCbooks
SPARCbook
(frigate)
SPARCbook
(sloop)
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