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Re: kppp: pppd quits



/etc/ppp/options

change "auth" to "noauth"  and see if that helps.  IIRC this has to be 
changed for kppp to work properly.

also I found out that kppplogview doesn't like it's suid bit...so folks will
have to chmod u-s /usr/bin/kppplogview in order to use it.

Ivan

On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 06:29:40PM -0600, Brendan O'Connor wrote:
> When I use kppp, pppd quits with exit status 1, which the manpage says means 
> a critical system error was encountered.  The pppd log:
> 
> Mar 26 18:01:31 debian pppd[797]: pppd 2.3.11 started by norm, uid 1000
> Mar 26 18:01:31 debian pppd[797]: Using interface ppp0
> Mar 26 18:01:31 debian pppd[797]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyLT0
> Mar 26 18:01:31 debian pppd[797]: Warning - secret file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets 
> has world and/or group access
> Mar 26 18:01:34 debian pppd[797]: local  IP address 216.17.10.8
> Mar 26 18:01:34 debian pppd[797]: remote IP address 216.17.3.207
> Mar 26 18:01:34 debian pppd[797]: primary   DNS address 216.17.3.121
> Mar 26 18:01:34 debian pppd[797]: secondary DNS address 216.17.3.122
> Mar 26 18:15:28 debian pppd[797]: Terminating on signal 15.
> Mar 26 18:15:28 debian pppd[797]: Connection terminated.
> Mar 26 18:15:28 debian pppd[797]: Connect time 14.0 minutes.
> Mar 26 18:15:28 debian pppd[797]: Sent 68030 bytes, received 279237 bytes.
> Mar 26 18:15:28 debian pppd[797]: Exit.
> 
> wvdial, on the other hand, works fine, and so did kppp before a reinstall of 
> my computer.
> 
> I'm thinking authentication is part of the problem.  On terminal-based 
> authentication, pppd doesn't crash until I click 'continue.'  The kppp setup 
> forces some type of authentication option, but the wvdial pppd config file 
> has the noauth.  I can't add noauth to "Additional pppd arguments..." under 
> the kppp setup because it contradicts with what kppp automatically sends.
> 
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.  Thanks!
> 
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