Re: Still on install

[Kent West]

Sidney Brooks wrote:

--- Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 

--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
   

Sidney Brooks wrote:

     

1. I can get two dialers, kppp and
           

ppp[config/pon/poff], to dial,
     

but they do not authenticate. The kppp log
           

says:
     

The system is required to authenticate itself
           

but I cannot find
     

any suitable secret (password) for it to use
           

to
   

do so. (None of
     

the available passwords would let it use an
           

IP
   

address).

"apt-get install minicom", and then use it to
     

verify
   

that your 
username/password is working on the server. This
won't allow you to 
start a ppp session, but it should allow you to
verify that your 
username/password is working. If it doesn't, then
triple-check that 
you're using the right username/password.

You might also have to reconfigure pppconfig for
CHAP instead of PAP, etc.
--
     

There is no doubt that I am using the correct
username
and password. I can read them in
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets.
My ISP specifies PAP not CHAP.

I have used pppconfig/pon/poff in earlier versions
of
Debian without trouble.
I am using kppp sucessfully now in RedHat.
The question is why neither will authenticate even
though both dial properly and I can hear a response
from my ISP. Debian must have some quirk that I am
unaware of.
Let me end by expressing my appreciation for your
interest and help.
   

In /etc/ppp/options is an "auth" setting you can try commenting out. 
There's a better way to do this (as mentioned in the options file), but 
this would serve as a quick and dirty test to see if that's related.

--
Kent


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