Walter L. Preuninger II wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > I have a machine that I want to act as a pppd server, and have all the > pieces in place. Win95 can dial in and bring up the link without a > problem. When I try using linux to dial into this machine, the link never > goes up. > > I have tried various combinations of parameters in the /etc/ppp/options > and /etc/mgetty/login.config files, and still no joy. > > I have enabled logging on both machines, kdebug 7 and debug, and see a > message similar to this in the server log: > pppd: peer refused to authenticate > > I never see any data on either machine that is similar to a > userid/hostname. > > I know I have not provided much information such as the exact options, but > If the server goes up for win95, things must be working, right? :) > > Can anyone give me a clue as to what options are needed in the client side > /etc/ppp/options? Yes, I have read the fine howto. > > In particular, which of these do I need on the client side? > auth > +pap > login > name > (and any more?) > > If worse comes to worse, I will drop back to script based, but, again, If > it works for microsoft, it should work for Linux also.
It does work for Linux also! The reason you get the message: pppd: peer refused to authenticate is because your client machine is requiring the other end to auth. You see, PPP supports two-way authentication. It doesn't matter who makes the call, it just matters who requires authentication of the other. Of the above options, you need *none*. What you need is: user <user> Where what you put for <user> will be used to choose the password from the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file. Now don't forget, you must *remove* the auth option. This options means: "require the peer to authenticate" and is not what you want. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .