Re: kppp password problem
On Monday 23 December 2002 22:45, David H. Clymer wrote:
> check out your /etc/ppp/peers folder. I'm guessing you are using 2
> different config files there, and the one being used by kppp does not
> have the "noauth" option, meaning that it is expecting the remote system
> (your ISP's remote access server) to authenticate itself with _your_
>
> box, and that is not happening, hence the error:
> > "pppd[1072]: The remote system is required to authenticate itself
> > pppd[1072]: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to
> > use to do so.
> > pppd[1072]: (None of the available passwords would let it use an IP
> > address.)"
>
> I would either have kppp use the same peer file as pon (probably
> /etc/ppp/peer/provider) or else add a "noauth" directive to the file
well, I only have one configuration file in /etc/ppp/peers/ and that's the one
created by pppconfig which is used by pon/poff (and yes, this one has the
noauth option). As wierd as it my sound, I guess kppp doesn't save it's
configuration file in /etc/ppp/peers/ .
Aryan
>
> On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 13:46, Aryan Ameri wrote:
> > Hi all:
> > Though I am able to connect dialup to my ISP using pon/poff , I am not
> > able to do so using kppp. Because kppp when connected to ISP gives me the
> > followong error:
> > box, and that is not happening, hence the error:
> > "pppd[1072]: The remote system is required to authenticate itself
> > pppd[1072]: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to
> > use to do so.
> > pppd[1072]: (None of the available passwords would let it use an IP
> > address.)"
> > well, the password is correct, because as I said, I am able to connect to
> > the ISP via pon/poff using the same password.
> >
> > Any ideas of why this is occuring?
> >
> > BTW, I am using KDE 3.1.0 RC5 on a mixture of sarge/sid
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