[PLUG] ISP shell access still in demand?

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Thu Mar 13 13:21:02 UTC 2003


On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Paul Mullen wrote:

> That's correct, but there's a difference between dial-up internet access
> and shell access. Most ISPs these days will not allow you to dial-up and
> gain shell access. Once you log in a PPP link is immediately established.
> I presume this is because the demand for a shell account is so low it's
> not worth whatever extra effort it might take. At least, that's my
> understanding. :-)
 
Paul,

  I guess that I've been missing something here. Unless I have a shell
account, to what am I connecting via ppp when I call the ISP's phone number?
Don't I want a system prompt so I can then ssh to my network?

Rich

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