On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, andrzej wadas wrote:
> I got the pap-secrets file which looks like
> client server secret address
> andrzej * pass
> At home I have a linux box with options file with lines like: noauth ,
> name andrzej . I omit here to list other parametrs as they are not
> important.
> My pap-secrets file is a copy of the pap-secrets file placed at work.
> I cannot connect my linux server anymore getting message: peer
> authentication required but suitable secrets not found. is there any
> error
> in my secrets or pppd is looking for them somewher else? Server is
> running kernel 2.0.33, ppp-2.3.5. my box at home is 2.0.32 and has older
>
> ppp-2.2.0.
Presumably, the kernel at work was patched for ppp 2.3.x. The format for
the v2.3 pap-secrets file is slightly different than that for v2.2 pppd.
>From the ppp README:
<quote>
N.B. Since 2.3.0, leaving the permitted IP addresses column of the
pap-secrets or chap-secrets file empty means that no addresses are
permitted. You need to put a "*" in that column to allow the peer to
use any IP address. (This only applies where the peer is
authenticating itself to you, of course.)
<unquote>
Therefore, your pap-secrets file at work
should look like:
client server secret address
andrzej * pass *
Geof
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