[pptp-server] active user

[David Luyer]

On Fri, 2002-02-08 at 20:41, Murali K. Vemuri wrote:
> for me the problem is like this:
> my chap-secrets file looks like this:
> 
> murali     *    murali    *
> vemuri    *    vemuri    *
> 
> so, as such i am not specifying the ip address explicitly for any particular
> user.
> so, in this case, can something be done?

It's then a pppd problem not a pptpd problem.

You'd be best to modify pppd to somehow display the usernames
of logged in users in it's process listing.

> regds
> murali
> 
> Benny.Geys at ordina-denkart.com wrote:
> 
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> > My PPTP server gives users the same IP address each time they login
> > (configured in /etc/ppp/chap-secrets), so I can check who is
> > currently logged in by running the '/sbin/ifconfig' or 'route'
> > command.
> >
> > Benny
> > - -----Original Message-----
> > From: muralivemuri at multitech.co.in
> > [mailto:muralivemuri at multitech.co.in]
> > Sent: vrijdag 8 februari 2002 10:03
> > To: pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
> > Subject: [pptp-server] active user
> >
> >
> > hi there,
> >
> > i have a pptp server successfully running on my box.
> > also, i am able to see the logs.
> > the question that bothers me is that.. is there any way in which i
> > can find the active users at any given point of time,
> > without using the /var/log/pptpd.log ?
> >
> > - --
> > regards & thanks for your time,
> > Murali Krishna Vemuri
> > - --All blue, I write with a Blue Pencil on a Blue Sky.
> >
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> --
> regards & thanks for your time,
> Murali Krishna Vemuri
> --All blue, I write with a Blue Pencil on a Blue Sky.
> 
> 
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