autologin

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On ?, ewaltglis.net wrote:

> arachne4dos coollist.com General List ----------------

> Glenn McCorkle said:

>> You are confusing 'AutoLogin' with 'AutoDial'

>> But be that as it may.... what Brian needs to
change is.....

>> UseTerminal Yes

>> (can't do a "terminal mode login" when
set to 'UseTerminal No')

> I'm confused by a lot of things. <g> I thought
'AutoDial' was when
> Arachne would dial to go online when needed to access a
website or
> other location.

> And 'AutoLogin' would login automatically without
manual input or
> following a script.

> Certainly a manual terminal mode login attempt might
give him some
> needed info.

> But I thought most ISP login sequences today used an
automatic process,
> making terminal logins mostly obsolete.

My reply concerning the confusion was in reply to this one
from Cal...

On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:19:38 -0600, "Destiny"
<destiny2bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Autologin refers to automatic dialin when clicking on a
link.
> Cal

_You_ are not confused at-all.

You're 100% correct in all of those points.

However.... in Brian's original message he noted that he was
in-fact
attempting to do a manual terminal login.

Hence the need for changing to 'UseTerminal Yes'.

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