Re: tlug: [Q] creating mailing list archives

[Steve Dunham <dunham@example.com>]

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tlug note from Steve Dunham <dunham@example.com>
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"Alan B. Stone" <stoneab@example.com> writes:

> I have a problem I hope someone can help me with.  I have two ISP
> accounts.  One has a regular start-up whereby it prompts me for login
> and password, no problem with that one.  However, I recently got an AT&T
> account which works fine for my wife's Mac, but when I try to log on, it
> does not prompt me for login or password.  I have read some on the uses
> of PAP and CHAP, but am a little confused how I can implement that with
> the Red Hat 4.1 PPP configuration control-panel.  Could someone help me
> out?  I'd really like to get onto the AT&T account since it's much
> faster.  Thanks.

The password is kept in a configuration file, something like att.sr, I
forget the exact filename (not the eudora configuration file).  It is
plaintext (but looks like it was randomly generated).


Steve
dunham@example.com

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