You have to include the following option for pppd : "noauth" so that the
remote computer (ISP) does not have to authenticate to you ... pppd-2.3.10
and later implicitly require both sides to authenticate to each other ..
p.f.
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ramon Gandia
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 11:39
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Subject: Re: [expert] Kppp in Air
Alan Shoemaker wrote:
>
> Hi....I've installed Mandrake 7 on three different machines now
> and this problem exists on them all. The third install was on
> my masquerade machine (I call it my modem server). My isp uses
> PAP authenication.
> Jan 20 19:24:22 obi-wan pppd[1605]: The remote system is
> required to authenticate itself but I
> Jan 20 19:24:22 obi-wan pppd[1605]: couldn't find any secret
> (password) which would let it use an IP address.
>
> The isp tech says that their logs show me signing on
> successfully and then immediately hanging up. The Kppp settings
> are the same on the 6.1 setup that's working right now as they
> were on the 7.0 setup that didn't work.
Make sure your /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file has your username and
password. This sounds like you have not enabled PAP
authentication or have it misconfigured somehow.
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