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                      startppp
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(C) 1995 by Matthias Ott
E-Mail: msott@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de

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Startppp is a X11-interface for your PPP-connection or 
term-connection to the internet.

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REQUIREMENTS:
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Startppp needs Tcl 7.4 and Tk 4.0 to work.
The <send> command of Tk has to work. To achieve this,
your server has to use xauth (xdm normally does),
or you must compile Tk 4.0 with the
 SECURITY_FLAGS = -DTK_NO_SECURITY
flag.
Startppp can be installed without being root.
However, to run startppp as a normal user, the <pppd>-program
must have the SUID-flag.

PROGRAMS:
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PPPDIR/ppp-up: a script, that performs the connection-procedure
PPPDIR/ppp-down: a script, that performs the connection-termination 
PPPDIR/options: dto.
  you should configure these programs before you install them!
  they are necessary for <pppd>, because the phonenumber, etc.
  is included there 
PPPDIR/ip-up, PPPDIR/ip-down: used to get line-info
INSTLIB/startppp_interp: the advanced Tk interpreter
INSTDIR/startppp: the main program
INSTLIB/Startppp: the ressourcefile

If you use the program for <term> the names of all the files
begin with "term" (e.g. startterm)


INSTALLATION:
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1. extract the package:
     tar zxvvf startppp.tar.gz
2. change these files to suit your local installation:
     ppp-up, ppp-down, options: start and stop your PPP-connection
		or
     term-up, term-down: start and stop your term-connection

     startppp_expect or startterm_expect:
         expect-files for the login to your server
         this files have the form: receive-string
                                   send-string
                                   receive-string
                                   send-string
                                    and so on ...         

     the files included are only examples !!!

3. make the binaries:
     make all
4. install <startppp>
     make install
   to change the destination-directories enter the 
   appropriate path, press <return> for the default
5. if your are using <tcsh>: type <rehash>
6. change the $HOME/.startppp_holidays file to include your local 
   holidays; the format is: ddmm
7. start <startppp>
8. configure <startppp> with the menuitems <alter options>, <alter modem>
   for example: your local zonelength, the length of one unit
                your currency, your modem-specifications
   enter the telefon number at <alter modem>
