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From: "Demetre Valaris" <sv1uy@sv1uy.ampr.org>
To: Mark Frey <markfrey@sympatico.ca>
Cc: linux-diald@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PAP authentication?
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 18:25:35 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D9F2E9F.23489.5A4DA40@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3D9EFF28.703@sympatico.ca>

On 5 Oct 2002 at 11:03, Mark Frey wrote:

> 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
> 

Hi Mark,

Your suggestion worked first time!!!
Thanks a lot!!!

73 de Demetre SV1UY
e-mail sv1uy@sv1uy.ampr.org
http://www.athnet.ampr.org/~sv1uy


      reply	other threads:[~2002-10-05 15:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-10-05 13:34 PAP authentication? Demetre Valaris
2002-10-05 15:03 ` Mark Frey
2002-10-05 15:25   ` Demetre Valaris [this message]

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