On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Jing Feng wrote:
> I use Redhat 5.2 on Intel machine. I have no problem to setup a PPP
> connection with my ISP in Win95, but I could not get PPP connection in
> Linux. I have tried using minicom, the modem dials out and I see the
> login screen of my ISP. The problem is after I type in username and
> password, it always says bad password ( I typed in password in correct
> format)and refuses to connect me to the ISP. Any thoughts?
I'd guess your ISP uses PAP authentification, but has not set your account
to be used in shell mode with the same password.
Solution: add a line with your login and password to the following file
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets
so it looks like (hope I get it right...):
# client server secret IP addresses
[ISPlogin] * [ISPpassword] *
^- to accept all
IP addresses
Also, to your /etc/ppp/options file, add the line:
name ISPlogin
^
^- this is a ppp options keyword
That should od it, if I guessed right :-).
Good luck,
TP
P.S. It's all explained in the PPP-HOWTO and 'man pppd' if you want
details.
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