Re: UNIX and ease of use

["Adam P. Harris" <apharris@onshore.com>]

[You (john@dhh.gt.org)]
>Rob Browning writes:
>> Has anyone had experience with WvDial?  If it works as advertised, can we
>> set it up so that it's the default...
>
>WvDial is very clever, but it and most of its competitors bypass the
>standard configuration files.  This locks the user into their system and
>pretty much rules out manual editing if the 'EZ' system fails.

Wow, that sucks.  I was thinking about installing wvdial but for me this 
rules it out.  Why can't it just read/write the standard configs?

We need a ppp config that can be run from a base system, allowing users 
to dialup to get the rest of the system if possible.

.....A. P. Harris...apharris@onShore.com...<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>



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