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#               tkAutoPPP (c) 1997 by Karsten Mueller                   #
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This is a pretty simple Tcl/Tk-script which handles the connection to an
Internet Service Provider with the PPP-Protocol.
I developed it because I wanted to make this stuff as easy as possible.
(I personally start it with a single click on an icon in fvwm(95).)

INSTALLATION
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Untar/gzip the archive (I think you already have done that,
since you can read this ;-) )
Change to the tkAutoPPP directory.

Edit install-sh AND userinstall-sh to configure things the
way you prefer. You may edit 'user/phones' and 'user/options'
if you want them to be installed with default values that
make more sense than my defaults ;-)
The 'user/options' file works proper with my ISP but may fail
with yours. Change it with help from PPP-HOWTO and/or 'man pppd'.

Run install-sh to install all necessary scripts in proper places.
After that, every user who wants to use tkAutoPPP has to run
userinstall-sh to create needed directories and configuration
files in their home directories.

REQUIREMENTS
============
Additional to stuff like Linux / modem / X / Tcl/Tk
you also need to have a working nslookup, a suid'd /usr/sbin/pppd
and a working /etc/resolv.conf.


IF YOU CHANGE THE DEFAULT INSTALLATION DIRECTORY
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At this time it's not recommended to change the default installation
directory since most of the scripts depend on it...BUT...
If you change it anyway, you HAVE TO edit 'src/tkAutoPPP' and 
'src/connect' since there are paths that have to be
changed too. (I may fix this in future releases).



If you have problems installing or using this software even after
following the above steps or you have suggestions for future releases
please feel free to email me (address above) and I'll try to help
if I can.

See doc/tkAutoPPP.html for more details.

Have fun...
