Editing The Passwd File; Editing The Asppp.cf File - Tadpole SPARCbook 3000 series User Manual

Editing the passwd file
Editing the asppp.cf 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.
SPARCbook
(frigate)
Figure 9-2 Two Standalone SPARCbooks
To configure a dial-in server, you must edit the
files. You must add an entry for each host authorized to
/etc/shadow
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
file. For information about configuring these file, please
/etc/passwd
refer to the System Administration Guide. See "Associated Documents"
on page xix.
The
/etc/asppp.cf
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
Figure 9-1) might be as follows:
ifconfig ipdptp0 plumb ketch champagne-p up
path
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file provides PPP with information about the
file for the SPARCbook ketch (see
/etc/asppp.cf
Remote Computing
Setting up PPP
SPARCbook
(sloop)
and
/etc/passwd