Re: pppd not able to authenticate using pap-secrets
On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 11:19:28PM +0530, Soumyadip Modak wrote:
> I'm trying to use kppp to dial in to my isp. Problem is, even though the
> username and password are stored in pap-secrets file, pppd is unable to
> use it. /var/log/syslog says:
>
> Apr 10 07:29:04 modak pppd[967]: The remote system is required to
> authenticate itself
Your setup is requiring the remote system to authenticate itself to you.
This is probably not what you want. Most of the setups I am familiar
with, the ISP requires you to auth to them, but they don't auth to you.
This is what you are asking it to do.
It has been a while since I used ppp, but re-read the documentation---you
are looking for the auth/noauth option to specify on your connection to
your ISP. Last time I used ppp, this would be in a file in (e.g.)
/etc/ppp/peers/<provider-name>
HTH
> Apr 10 07:29:04 modak pppd[967]: but I couldn't find any suitable secret
> (password) for it to use to do so.
> Apr 10 07:29:04 modak pppd[967]: (None of the available passwords would
> let it use an IP address.)
>
> I tried man pppd, but i lost my way inside. Can anyone please give me
> any pointers on how to get pppd to authenticate itself.
>
> /etc/ppp/pap-secrets is owner+group readable and writable. Owner and
> group both root, and I'm running kppp as root.
>
> Thanks
> --
> Soumyadip Modak <soumyadip@softhome.net>
>
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