I just purged and reinstalled ppp, and created a connection using pppconfig.
box:/etc/ppp# cat options | grep -v "^\$" | grep -v "^#" asyncmap 0 auth crtscts lock hide-password modem proxyarp lcp-echo-interval 30 lcp-echo-failure 4 noipx box:/etc/ppp# cat pap-secrets | grep -v "^\$" | grep -v "^#" * box.boxname.box "" * guest box.boxname.box "*" - master box.boxname.box "*" - root box.boxname.box "*" - support box.boxname.box "*" - stats box.boxname.box "*" - box.boxname.box * password UserName provider PassWord box:/etc/ppp# cd peers box:/etc/ppp/peers# cat provider | grep -v "^\$" | grep -v "^#" hide-password noauth connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/provider" debug /dev/ttyS1 115200 defaultroute noipdefault user UserName remotename provider ipparam provider box:/etc/ppp/peers# cd .. box:/etc/ppp# cat ../chatscripts/provider | grep -v "^\$" | grep -v "^#" ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT VOICE ABORT 'NO DIALTONE' ABORT 'NO DIAL TONE' ABORT 'NO ANSWER' '' ATZ OK-AT-OK ATDT7777777 CONNECT \d\c box:/etc/ppp# /etc/ppp/options contains hide-password, as does /etc/chatscripts/provider, using the current Woody ppp .debs (version 2.4.0f-1, and I don't know about how Slink does things). -chet ----- yet he has sorcery On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote: > Thanks for your help. Now the ppp.log is ok. > > But, I did't change anything in the default configuration of ppp. > I just used 'pppconfig' to create my connection to ISP. > > Why was /var/log/ppp.log logging the password and also readable by everyone > in the default configuration? I think that's a security hazard... (I noticed > this only in 'slink') >
