Re: how to make diald and pppd work together (re "peer refused to authenticate")

[john@dhh.gt.org]

Daniel S. Barclay writes:
> When diald invokes pppd, pppd reports "peer refused to authenticate".

> Why would that be a problem from diald and not from pon?

Because pon passes the options in /etc/ppp/peers/provider to pon via the
'call' option.  diald can't use /etc/ppp/peers/provider.  Add this to
/etc/diald/diald.options:

pppd-options noauth

> Can diald easily be configured to use already- configured pppd/pon
> connections, or should diald just be set up separately?

You can use the /chatscripts/provider files that pppconfig generates with
diald by putting this in /etc/diald/diald.options instead of the default
'connect' line:

connect "chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/provider"

You can't use the /etc/ppp/peers/provider files because they contain
stuff that diald doesn't like.

Here is a workable diald.options:

# /etc/diald/diald.options
# This is the port the modem is connected to.
# *** MODIFY to match your set up ***
device /dev/ttyS2
# diald log file: do not change.
accounting-log /var/log/diald.log
# diald monitoring pipe: do not change.
fifo /var/run/diald.fifo
# This turns on full debugging.
debug 77
# Turn off peer authentication.  If you want to pass any other options to
# pppd put them here.
pppd-options noauth
# We have PPP
mode ppp
# Dummy local IP
local 10.0.0.1
# IP number for the provider's machine. This is different each time we connect.
# This is not a problem, but it'll make the routine table look funny.
# Dummy remote IP
remote 10.0.0.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
# If the connection gets broken from the ISP, redial only
# if there's outgoing traffic from our side.
two-way
# When the link's up, change routes to point to the real link
# instead of the proxy.
reroute
# diald should set a default route to the proxy SLIP link.
defaultroute
# Scripts used to bring up/shut down the serial line.
connect "chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/provider"
# Do UUCP locking.
lock
# We connect through a modem.
modem
crtscts
# Local tweaking
connect-timeout 90
dial-fail-limit 2
died-retry-count 0
include /etc/diald/standard.filter
dynamic
-buffer-packets

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