Re: pppd authentication problem
On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 16:31:52 +1000
James Sinnamon <frodo000@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> Dear Debian users,
>
> Until now, I have been accustomed to having ppp work without the need
> to understand a great deal.
>
> However, I have not been able to get kppp to work on my new Debian
> sarge/testing system in the same way it used to work on my previous
> RedHat 9.0 system.
>
> In the log window, I see the word "CONNECT" after roughly 10 seconds,
> but am immediately disconnected, seemingly before ppp even begins
> to authenticate itself. The errors shown are:
>
> Jul 8 14:25:59 localhost pppd[1065]: The remote system is \
> required to authenticate itself
> Jul 8 14:25:59 localhost pppd[1065]: but I couldn't find any \
> suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so.
> Jul 8 14:25:59 localhost pppd[1065]: (None of the available \
> passwords would let it use an IP address.)
>
> A copy of ~/.kde/share/config/kppprc can be found at:
>
> http://www.sos.cable.nu/debian/debug/kppprc.txt
>
> Can anyone spot what is wrong or what is missing?
>
> BTW, is there a relationship between kppp and ppp? Does kppprc
> have anything to do with the files in /etc/ppp/ ? ... or
> with /etc/network/interfaces ?
I don't know anything about kppprc but it is highly likey it is just
a control program to setup and drive pppd in which case it is equally
likely that the /etc/ppp files are indeed used. In particular look at
/etc/ppp/chap-secrets. Certainly the kppp documentation must provide
some clue.
Mike
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