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null-modem PPP connection from Windows



A friend want to connect his Debian laptop and a Windows box
through a null-modem cable;  we thought a PPP link would be most
flexible in terms of usability (http, ftp, telnet, etc).

He uncommented the `getty -L ttyS1 19200 vt100' line in
/etc/inittab and added the serail port to /etc/securetty.
In the Windows log files, he can see that the "Debian GNU/Linux 2.1" 
login prompt appear.

The question is now to get pppd started automatically instead of
a shell login.  Is that done using the `-l login_program' getty
option? 

Any hints out there?
Thanks
-- 
Peter Galbraith, research scientist          <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
    6623'rd GNU/Linux user at the Counter - http://counter.li.org/ 


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