Re: PAP authentication?

[Mark Frey <markfrey@sympatico.ca>]

Hi Demetre,

Authentication is done by pppd.

Check that you have a line in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets with your username 
and password for your account on your ISP.  It's probably already been 
put there if WVDIAL works, though.

Try adding 'pppd-options user xxxxxxxx' to your diald.conf, or add the 
'user xxxxxxxx' to any existing pppd-options line where xxxxxxxx is your 
username on your ISP.  This tells pppd which username/password to use 
from pap-secrets to authenticate you.

If that doesn't work, add 'debug' to the pppd-options and look in the 
logs for more clues.  Check 'man pppd' for the 'user' and 'name' options 
- perhaps pppd is picking the wrong entry from pap-secrets or 
chap-secrets for some reason.

Regards,

Mark VE3DTE

Demetre Valaris wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> My ISP all of a sudden decided to start using PAP authentication instead of 
> the terminal he used in the past.
> 
> Since then I cannot use my beloved DIALD to do the dialling. If I use WVDIAL 
> from YAST (I use SUSE 7.3) I can connect OK because YAST offers you the option 
> to use PAP/CHAP authentication!
> 
> What do I need to change in order to force my DIALD version 1.0 to use this 
> authentication?
> 
> Please help if you can!
> 
> 73 de Demetre SV1UY
> e-mail sv1uy@sv1uy.ampr.org
> http://www.athnet.ampr.org/~sv1uy
> 
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