hmm I seem to get this error when I try to run the ppp-on script a second
time (after it's already connected) I doubt that this is the case, but maybe
it will help to find some more ideas as to the cause of the problem
Regards,
Chris Bennett
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> Subject: Re: ppp won't
>
> Look in files ~/.ppprc and /etc/ppp/options for options
>
> auth
> login
> +pap
> +chap
>
> or file <filename> that points to a file that has one of them. I don't
> know of any other way to provoke that error.
>
> On 16 Mar 2000, Robert Haehnel wrote:
>
> > I get the following error when trying to inilize a ppp conection from
> my lap
> > top:
> >
> > /usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system (bis) is required to authenticate
> itself but
> > I
> > /usr/sbin/pppd: couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to
> use to
> > do so.
> > bis: pppd failure at 04:09PM Thu Mar 16, 2000
> >
> > the command line I use is:
> >
> > /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/modem 19200 connect '/usr/bin/eznet chat 0' lock
> modem mtu
> > 552 mru 552 debug crtscts -detach idle 120 user root remotename bis
> >
> > The 'eznet chat 0' part is a chat script put together by the program
> eznet.
> > This all works perfectly on my desktop using a USR sportster modem. I
> am using
> > RH 6.0 on both machines with pppd 2.3.
> >
> > I can dial out using minicom and connect to the remote site on the lap
> top,
> > but not using eznet and pppd.
> >
> > Any ideas, oh, BTW it's a Xircom PC card Modem, but as I said it works
> fine
> > with minicom.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > R. Haehnel
> >
> Lawson
>
>
> "The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy
> way to factor large prime numbers." - Bill Gates "The Road Ahead" p265
>
>
>
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