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- $Id: README.logwtmp,v 1.1 2004/04/28 11:36:07 quozl Exp $
- pptpd 1.2.0 logwtmp feature, by James Cameron, 28th April 2004.
- The --logwtmp feature uses the standard wtmp feature to track users
- who have connections to the server. It works as follows.
- When a connection occurs, pptpd launches pppd with two additional
- options. The first option directs pppd to load the pptpd-logwtmp.so
- plugin. The second option is the IP address of the client.
- "plugin /usr/lib/pptpd/pptpd-logwtmp.so"
- "pptpd-original-ip 10.0.0.1"
- The plugin defines the pptpd-original-ip option so that pppd will
- accept it.
- If the plugin fails to load, pppd will fail in the usual manner. Such
- a failure will usually be related to a missing file in /usr/lib/pptpd.
- The plugin asks pppd to notify it when IP comes up or goes down.
- When IP comes up, the plugin
- logwtmp() to mark the user as logged in. Once this has happened,
- commands like "who" will show the user. The tty will be set to the
- PPP interface name.
- When IP goes down, the plugin
- the entry from wtmp. Note that a "kill -9" on the pppd will result in
- a user appearing to remain logged in. Don
- ordinary kill.
- If pppd debug mode is enabled, the plugin announces it
- loaded, and reports the parameters it is handing over to the logwtmp
- call. See the plugins/pptpd-logwtmp.c source.
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