>
> Geof Goodrum wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Crease wrote:
> >
> > > Why does this happen? Can you configure ppp to request pap and at
> > > the same time reject peer pap authentication?
> > >
> > > ISPs i've used before request to authenticate user none password none.
> > ...
> > > Interestingly enough, when I use +pap my ISP (or is it me) fails to
>negotiate pap correctly, but if I remove +pap it authenticates (via pap!) fine.
> > > It has no login prompt.
> >
> > Specifying '+pap' on the user end would require the ISP to authenticate
> > itself to the user's system using it's own secret. As the user doesn't
> > have an entry for the ISP in the pap-secrets, the ISP will be rejected.
> > Only the ISP end should specify '+pap'. In sideways' case, it seems
> > unlikely (not impossible) that the ISP uses PAP if they have a text login
> > sequence (userid and password).
> >
>
> It seems to need both. It needs the username/password, ( I know that for sure... )
>but on the ISP's web site they advertize "PPP and PAP" ... BTW, the ISP was
> NO help at all... I e-mailed them to ask about the athuntication, and they said
>"sorry, we can't help you if your not running windows. Our staff can only offer
> assistance to Windoze Users" ... Well, I'll try playing with it some more ... it's
>just frustrating... and thanx to everyone that's helping ....
>
> Sideways
I'd try removing +pap and setting up your pap-secrets file. It should work. My
ISP does the same as yours: login/password and then pap, and I had the
same trouble with the pap part, but after I removed the +pap it went on
smoothly.
When I added +pap the ISP would respond with user none pass none and, for some
strange reason, even if I addedd them to pap-secrets, it wouldn't go through.
*grin*
Christian
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