Remote Computing
Setting up PPP
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SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide
Setting up PPP
The Solaris PPP allows you to use a serial line or modem as a network
interface to transfer Ethernet packets between systems. The facility
queues transfer requests between your SPARCbook and remote systems
and, unlike
tip
, does not create a permanent connection but calls the
remote system when required to perform a task. A timeout period is set
in the configuration files so that the modem hangs up automatically if
there are no processes pending.
The steps required to get PPP operational on your SPARCbook are as
follows:
1.
Load the Solaris PPP packages onto your SPARCbook, if
necessary.
2.
Edit the
/etc/hosts
file on all machines to be connected.
3.
Edit the
uucp
database files for all dial-out systems.
4.
Edit the
/etc/passwd
and
/etc/shadow
files for a dial-in
machine. You will need to consult the system administrator if
this is an organization’s dial-in server.
5.
Edit the
/etc/asppp.cf
file on each machine on the link.
6.
Test the link.
These steps are described on the following pages.
Loading the PPP packages
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Checking for the PPP Packages
The Solaris PPP packages are not included in the Tadpole factory load
of the Solaris operating system but are on the distribution CD-ROM
which accompanied your SPARCbook and may have been installed
already. Check whether the packages are already installed by logging on
as root and entering the following command:
# pkginfo | grep ppp
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