On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Paul Lussier wrote:
> Derek mentioned they might use CHAP or PAP, in which case I would need a
> secrets file. Never been there, never done that :)
Like everything else, pppd secrets are easy, if you know what to do. :)
They are stored in /etc/ppp/chap-secrets and /etc/ppp/pap-secrets, for the
respective protocols. They both have the same format, so what I do is make an
/etc/ppp/secrets file and symlink the other two to it, ensuring that if the
remote wants a secret, I'll share it with them. As for the format, simply do:
YourUserName * YourPassword *
The first * is a wildcard for the server name, the second a wildcard for the
IP addresses.
You may also have to find a way to pass your username to pppd when
connecting. The option you need to pass is "user YourUserName"; how you do
that depends on your distribution. For Red Hat Linux, you'll need to edit the
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ppp script to include that option.
Hope this helps!
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Ben Scott
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