You have 'auth' set somewhere in the /etc/ppp/options or options.ttyS* or
diald parameters
to pppd.
This makes ppp not accept an outgoing (or incoming) ppp connection without
pap or chap
access control by the other end.
I.e. you are asking the other end to enter a password.
j.
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jiann-Ming Su
> Sent: 08 October 1999 17:21
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RH6.1 and PPP/Diald problems
>
>
> Not sure if this is diald or ppp-2.3.10 that comes with RH61, but
> I'm getting the following errors when I try to activate ppp with
> diald and with "ifup ppp0"
>
> Oct 8 12:17:32 localhost pppd[9589]: The remote system (ppp0) is
> required to authenticate itself but I
> Oct 8 12:17:32 localhost pppd[9589]: couldn't find any suitable
> secret (password) for it to use to do so.
> Oct 8 12:17:32 localhost ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on
> /dev/modem at 115200
>
> This error repeats over and over. My /var/log/messages file gets
> quite large. My /etc/diald/connect script looks like
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #/sbin/ifup ppp0
> /sbin/ppp-watch ifcfg-ppp0
>
> ifup and ppp-watch produces the same output. BTW, I'm using diald 0.99.1.
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Jiann-Ming Su "People seldom do what they
> believe in. They do
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> --Bob Dylan
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