On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, David Wright wrote: > On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Paul Miller wrote: > > > (I'm dialing from a win95 machine to my Linux box) > > > > Immediately after I authenticate (using PAP), pppd disconnects me and > > windows just says to try connecting again... I looked through all the logs > > for any kind of error or warning, but i didn't find anything -- even with > > debug on. The last pppd line contains the correct login name and > > password. Why is pppd disconnecting me? > > First, who is authenticating who? It's quite likely that the linux box > is trying to get W95 to authenticate it. I have no idea how you would deal > with that at the W95 end.
??? the win95 end is setup correctly. I have had it working with an older version of pppd awhile ago... > Are you using mgetty to answer the call. I think it may have a default > setting of +pap on the /AutoPPP/ line in /etc/mgetty/login.config which > you might need to override with -pap or nothing. Yes, mgetty is setup correctly -- otherwise pppd would have never been executed. > Lastly, pppd is rather matter of fact in its log files. It isn't an > "error" when authentication fails; it's the Right Thing. So rather you > should look for LCP packets with ConfRej in them. Here's an example > from an old email I sent a while ago to someone else. > > Mar 26 19:10:43 sparky pppd[524]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 1500> > <asyncmap0x0> <magic 0x4961386f> <pcomp> <accomp>] > Mar 26 19:10:43 sparky pppd[524]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 1500> > <asyncmap0x0> <auth pap> <magic 0xb9312c88> <pcomp> <accomp>] > ^^^^^^^^ it wants you to authenticate with pap > > Mar 26 19:10:43 sparky pppd[524]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 <auth pap>] > you refused ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ > > Mar 26 19:10:46 sparky pppd[524]: rcvd [LCP TermReq id=0x3] > Mar 26 19:10:46 sparky pppd[524]: LCP terminated at peer's request here is a complete session from the pppd log file Jun 5 10:47:23 serv1 pppd[17576]: pppd 2.3.5 started by ppp, uid 0 Jun 5 10:47:23 serv1 pppd[17576]: Using interface ppp0 Jun 5 10:47:23 serv1 pppd[17576]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1 Jun 5 10:47:23 serv1 pppd[17576]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth pap> <magic 0xffffc317> <pcomp> <accomp>] Jun 5 10:47:26 serv1 pppd[17576]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x3 <asyncmap 0xa0000> <magic 0x11ac648f> <pcomp> <accomp> <callback 0x600>] Jun 5 10:47:26 serv1 pppd[17576]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x3 <callback 0x600>] Jun 5 10:47:26 serv1 pppd[17576]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth pap> <magic 0xffffc317> <pcomp> <accomp>] Jun 5 10:47:26 serv1 pppd[17576]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x4 <asyncmap 0xa0000> <magic 0x11ac648f> <pcomp> <accomp>] Jun 5 10:47:26 serv1 pppd[17576]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x4 <asyncmap 0xa0000> <magic 0x11ac648f> <pcomp> <accomp>] Jun 5 10:47:26 serv1 pppd[17576]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth pap> <magic 0xffffc317> <pcomp> <accomp>] Jun 5 10:47:26 serv1 pppd[17576]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0xffffc317] Jun 5 10:47:26 serv1 pppd[17576]: rcvd [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="paul" password="mypass"] -Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]