Bug#126406: kppp: Alternative for using noauth as suggested by README
Ernst Kloppenburg writes:
> Am Samstag, 17. April 2004 09:16 schrieb Dominique Devriese:
>> >> Ernst Kloppenburg writes:
>> > Putting noauth into the kppp configuration normally is not
>> > possible, because noauth is a privileged option. This is solved
>> > by 'privgroup dip'.
>>
>> Oh, I see. Then shouldn't this bug be reassigned to the ppp
>> package ?
> In my eyes the 'privgroup dip' think is only a workaround to make
> kppp work, not a real solution. Thus -- I think -- this only belongs
> in the kppp README. But maybe the ppp maintainer has another
> opinion.
I see.
What do you think about this text for
/usr/share/doc/kppp/README.Debian ( replacing the current text about
the issue ) ?
kppp and immediate disconnects
==============================
The ppp protocol includes an authentication scheme. Users of a ppp
daemon are supposed to check the authentication of the user on the
other end. However, some ISP's don't bother to properly send this
authentication, because most clients don't check it anyway. The Linux
version does check it by default, leading to immediate disconnects.
The solution to this is to set the noauth option in your kppp
configuration. However, in order for this to work ( "noauth" is a
priviledged option of the ppp daemon ), you need to add "privgroup
dip" to /etc/ppp/options and/or files like /etc/ppp/options.ttyS0 (For
example).
Feel free to submit an improved version of the above text if you think
it is not clear enough, or if there are errors in it or if you have
other remarks.
thanks
domi
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