I have this exact same problem and I can not figure it out either.
Nine is on a portable that we did not have Modem card for at first,
but we got one later. I sent in and tried to set up PPP the same as
I have done on other boxes, but this is all the messages I get.
-Brett
Derek Tattersall wrote:
>
> I am trying to configure a ppp link to my isp from my computer. I am
> running RedHat 6.2.
>
> My isp uses pap.
>
> When I tried to activate the ppp link I got the following message on
> stderr:
>
> Failed to activate /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0
>
> I also found the following lines in /var/log/messages:
>
> ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp1 on /dev/ttyS1 at 115200
> pppd[9261]: The remote system (ppp0) is required to authenticate itself
> but I
> pppd[9261]: couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use
> to do so.
>
> The file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets exists and contains my username and
> password.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas as to what I am doing wrong?
>
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