Can you send the output of /var/log/ppp please. What do you have in /etc/ppp/(pap or chap)-secrets? Do you have noauth in /etc/ppp/options? What is in /etc/ppp/options? Regards Steve Haehnel wrote: > > Well, here are more details. The problem system is using using RH6.1 and pppd > 2.3.10. The system that works right is RH6.0 w/ pppd 2.3.7. Does anyone know > of any bugs in the newer version of pppd? > > To re-cap, I can connect to remote systems using minicom, so the modem is not > the problem. I get the following error when I try to use ppp. > > /usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system (bis) is required to authenticate > itself but > I > /usr/sbin/pppd: couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to > use to > do so. > bis: pppd failure at 04:09PM Thu Mar 16, 2000 > > I have used eznet in the past, and it works great on my RH6.0 system. To > convince myself that that was not the problem I ran pppd from the command line > using my own chat script. Still same error. > > > the command line I use is: > > /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/modem 19200 connect '/usr/bin/chat -vf /etc/ppp/bis-chat' > lock modem mtu 552 mru 552 debug crtscts -detach idle 120 user root remotename > bis > > bis-chat is (w/o password showing): > > ABORT 'NO CARRIER' > ABORT 'NO DIALTONE' > ABORT 'BUSY' > ABORT 'NO ANSWER' > ABORT 'ERROR' > "" ATZ > OK ATDT917012506654 > CONNECT "" > ogin: root > assword: ******* > $ ppp > > any ideas? > > -- > R. Haehnel > > -- > > R. Haehnel > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at >http://webmail.netscape.com. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.postfix.org - The Postfix Mailer - -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
