I double checked it and it is mode 600 root.root.  

Will pppd give a authentication failure if the networking settings aren't
configured correctly?  I"m trying to do this using ipmasq.. the net-3
howto isn't very detailed, but it does give an example of what I'm trying
to do -- lacking all the pppd and hosts/DNS files... :(

-Paul

On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:

> Check the permissions on /etc/ppp/pap-secrets. I think pppd ignores the file 
> unless the perms are 600. I'd like to gripe here about the
> woeful state of debugging wrt pppd. More than once I've had to strace the 
> thing to find out what's failing. It could use some better
> error messages.
> 
> Paul Miller wrote:
> 
> > When I dialup to my Linux box, it keeps reporting authentication failures
> > even though the password is correct..  Here is the ppp.log file (debug 9)
> >
> > Apr 28 15:28:47 serv1 pppd[28141]: pppd 2.3.3 started by LOGIN, uid 0
> > Apr 28 15:28:47 serv1 pppd[28141]: speed 9 not supported
> > Apr 28 15:28:47 serv1 pppd[28141]: Using interface ppp0
> > Apr 28 15:28:47 serv1 pppd[28141]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> > Apr 28 15:28:47 serv1 pppd[28141]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> 
> > <auth pap> <magic 0x9aef> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> > Apr 28 15:28:50 serv1 pppd[28141]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x3 <asyncmap 
> > 0xa0000> <magic 0xa741f25> <pcomp> <accomp> <callback 0x600>]
> > Apr 28 15:28:50 serv1 pppd[28141]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x3 <callback 
> > 0x600>]
> > Apr 28 15:28:50 serv1 pppd[28141]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x4 <asyncmap 
> > 0xa0000> <magic 0xa741f25> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> > Apr 28 15:28:50 serv1 pppd[28141]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x4 <asyncmap 
> > 0xa0000> <magic 0xa741f25> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> > Apr 28 15:28:50 serv1 pppd[28141]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> 
> > <auth pap> <magic 0x9aef> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> > Apr 28 15:28:50 serv1 pppd[28141]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> 
> > <auth pap> <magic 0x9aef> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> > Apr 28 15:28:50 serv1 pppd[28141]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0x9aef]
> > Apr 28 15:28:51 serv1 pppd[28141]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 magic=0xa741f25]
> > Apr 28 15:28:53 serv1 pppd[28141]: rcvd [PAP AuthReq id=0x2 user="paul" 
> > password="mypassword"]
> > Apr 28 15:28:53 serv1 pppd[28141]: PAP authentication failure for paul
> > Apr 28 15:28:53 serv1 pppd[28141]: sent [PAP AuthNak id=0x2 "Login 
> > incorrect"]
> > Apr 28 15:28:53 serv1 pppd[28141]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "Authentication 
> > failed"]
> > Apr 28 15:28:54 serv1 pppd[28141]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x2]
> > Apr 28 15:28:54 serv1 pppd[28141]: Connection terminated.
> > Apr 28 15:28:54 serv1 pppd[28141]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
> > Apr 28 15:28:54 serv1 pppd[28141]: Exit.
> >
> > What are all the possible reasons for this responce?  And how can I debug
> > this problem further?
> 
> --
> Jens B. Jorgensen
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
> 


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