[Sheflug] Capable dialers?

[Richard Stevenson <nospam [at] team.xtra.co.nz>]

Hi all

It's been a long time since I had to ask a question about *dialup*...  I
need to set up my dialup router (running Debian) to connect to our backend
systems at work for on-call support.  I seem to have found something that
I can't do with chat (mainly because the process is detached).  We use
SecureID for logins; it's essentially a one-time password system, each
password having a lifetime of about 30 seconds.  I need to have the system
prompt me for the password *at the time it's required* - the modem
negotiation takes so long that I can't put it in at the very beginning.

I normally use pppd with chat for dialup, but it doesn't appear to have
any way to prompt me for a password even before the process gets detached
from the terminal (and even if it did, the password would likely have
expired before the time came to use it).  Does anyone know of anything
else that might suit my needs?  I simply refuse to use winduhs :)

Cheers

R


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