Chestnut Dialer 0.3.3: Account Attributes

3.8 Account Attributes

Attribute Name	Type	Description
answer_cmd	string	Modem command for ansering an incoming call (‘`ATA`’).
ask_passwd	boolean	Ask user for password when connecting.
auth_type	string	Authentication type. Valid values: ‘`pap/chap`’, ‘`term`’.
busy_resp	string	Modem response ’busy’.
callback	boolean	Use call-back.
callback_init2_cmd	string	Second modem init string when waiting for an incoming call.
callback_init_cmd	string	Modem init string when waiting for an incoming call.
callback_phone_number	string	Phone number for the provider to call back.
chat_login_prompt	string	Login prompt.
chat_passwd_prompt	string	Password prompt.
chat_script	text	Chat script, see Chat Scripts, chat(8) man page.
comment	text	Account comment.
connect_program	string	Command to execute after connecting (it is passed to the shell).
connect_resp	string	Modem response ’connection’.
default_route	boolean	Add default route.
device	string	Dial device file that used to communicate with the peer. Usually this is the serial port which modem connected to.
dial_cmd	string	Modem command that is used for dialling. Use ‘`ATDT`’ for touch-tone dialing, or use ‘`ATDP`’ for pulse dialing.
dial_prefix	string	Dial prefix.
dial_timeout	integer	Maximum waiting time for modem connection, seconds.
disconnect_program	string	Command to execute after disconnecting (it is passed to the shell).
dns_servers	list	DNS server list. The empty list means that the provider specifies the addresses.
error_resp	string	Modem response ’error’.
flow_control	string	Flow control. Valid values are: ‘`crtscts`’, ‘`cdtrcts`’, ‘`xonxoff`’, ‘`no-change`’. ‘`crtscts`’ - hardware flow control using the RTS and CTS signals in the RS-232 interface. ‘`cdtrcts`’ - non-standard hardware flow control using the DTR and CTS signals. ‘`xonxoff`’ - software flow control. The ‘`no-change`’ value means that flow control setting for the serial port is left unchanged.
hangup_cmd	string	Modem command ’hang up’.
hangup_resp	string	Modem response ’hang up’.
id	integer	Account identifier is a unique integer number. The program automatically assigns a value to this attribute and the user can’t modify it.
init2_cmd	string	Second modem initialization string.
init_cmd	string	Modem initialization string.
init_resp	string	Modem response to the init string.
ip	string	Local IP address. The empty value means that the provider specifies the address.
lock_device	boolean	Lock the modem device.
low_vol_cmd	string	Modem command that sets speaker volume to ’low’.
mask	string	Net mask. The empty value means that the provider specifies the mask.
max_vol_cmd	string	Modem command that sets speaker volume to the maximum.
min_speed	integer	Minimum connection baud rate.
modem	boolean	Use the modem control lines.
modem_term	string	Modem string end sequence. Valid values is ‘`\r\n`’, ‘`\r`’, ‘`\n`’.
modem_timeout	integer	Maximum waiting time for modem response, in seconds.
mru	integer	Maximum reception unit, in bytes.
mtu	integer	Maximum transmission unit, in bytes.
mute_cmd	string	Modem command that disables the speaker.
name	string	Account name.
noanswer_resp	string	Modem response ’no answer’.
nocarrier_resp	string	Modem response ’no carrier’.
nodialtone_resp	string	Modem response ’no dial tone’.
passwd	string	Password.
phone_numbers	list	List of phone numbers to dial.
ppp_options	string	Additional options passed to pppd, see pppd(8) man page.
ppp_timeout	integer	Maximum PPP waiting time, in seconds.
prompt_timeout	integer	Maximum prompt waiting time, in seconds.
redial_attempts	integer	Number of redial attempts before notifying the user about failure to establish a connection. Zero value means redial forever.
redial_auto	boolean	Auto redial when the connection has been lost.
redial_if	list	This attribute controls whether or not repeat dial attempt depends on result of previous attempt. List can contain following values: ‘`no-dialtone`’, ‘`auth-fail`’. ‘`no-dialtone`’ allows redialing if previous attempt result is no dial tone. ‘`auth-fail`’ allows redialing if previous attempt result is authentication fail.
remote	string	Remote IP address. The empty value means that the provider will specify the address.
remotename	string	The assumed name of the remote system for authentication purposes. When authentication type is ‘`pap/chap`’ and no passwordfd plugin is used, pppd looks for password in file `pap-secrets` or `chap-secrets` using this name. See details on pppd(8) man page.
ring_resp	string	Modem response ’ring’.
speed	string	Modem baud rate.
user	string	User name (login).
use_passwordfd	boolean	Use pppd passwordfd plugin to pass password to the daemon.
use_script	string	This attribute determines what chat script to use. Valid values are: ‘`predef-noterm`’, ‘`predef-term`’, ‘`predef-auto`’, ‘`dialin`’, ‘`custom`’, ‘`none`’.
vol_resp	string	Modem response to the volume setting command.
volume_setting	integer	Volume setting. Valid values are 0 to 2.

Note: to insert new line and carriage return characters in modem init and response strings use backslash escape sequences ‘\n’ and ‘\r’ respectively. To insert backslash use ‘\\’.