On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Mike Hill wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> My first post to this group. Hopefully this qualifies as an expert
> question.
>
> I'm running a couple Linux-Mandrake 6.0-2 boxes at a company I do work for.
> One of them is running 8 modems on a dial in pool. Users are calling in
> from their Windows machines using Dialup Networking and establishing a PPP
> connection to use systems on the companies LAN. I use to have this running
> on an old RedHat 5.0 box and it worked great.
>
> Problem I'm seeing is that if I use the following in the
> /etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config file the systems can not connect. And the
> /var/log/messages states a "PAP login failure" for that user.
>
> /AutoPPP/ - a_ppp /usr/sbin/pppd auth -chap +pap login kdebug 7
> debug
>
> If I change the entry in login.config to the following it works fine (taking
> out the "login" from the file), but this doesn't compare their entry in
> /etc/ppp/pap-secrets with their login account.
>
> /AutoPPP/ - a_ppp /usr/sbin/pppd auth -chap +pap kdebug 7 debug
>
> I have made sure that the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets contains the following.
>
> username * password *
>
> The password in the pap-secrets file matches their password for their
> account. But the login command always breaks it. I tried putting the
> following in /etc/pap-secrets, but get the same error.
>
> * * "" *
>
> Simply removing the "login" from the /etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config makes
> everything work, but the system does not show who is connected (just a_ppp
> like RH 5.0), but it does not show who is logged in inside the
> /var/log/messages file either (RH 5.0 did do this). I really would like to
> get this working fully so I know who is logging in and when.
>
> Is there something I'm missing here? I thought it might be Shadow Password
> related (as I am using them), but the pppd looks to be compiled for shadow
> password support.
I'd be apt to wager it's the md5 support, try disableing it in authconfig
and let me know. I don't have the equipment to test it sorry..
> For the sake of completeness my I do not have any /etc/ppp/options file, but
> have /etc/ppp/options.ttySX files for all my tty's that are connected to
> modems. Here is one of them. IP's are bogus, but I believe everything is
> fine here since users can dial in and use the system correctly.
>
> 192.168.0.3:192.168.0.14
> modem
> crtscts
> lock
> proxyarp
> ms-dns 192.168.0.124
> idle 600
> netmask 255.255.255.0
>
> I'm curious if anyone has used the "idle" option? It doesn't seem to drop
> for me even with inactivity for long periods.
>
> Also does anyone know of a way to limit users to one dialup active at a
> time?
>
> Thanks for any advice. I really want to have pppd using the "login" option.
>
> Mike
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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