On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Peter Gervai wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Jeff Noxon wrote: > > > > > pppd[24325]: pppd 2.3.2 started by LOGIN, uid 0 > > > [...] > > > > pppd[24325]: rcvd [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="pierre" > > > > password="<censored>"] > > > > pppd[24325]: PAP authentication failure for pierre > > > > pppd[24325]: sent [PAP AuthNak id=0x1 "Login incorrect"] > > > > pppd[24325]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "Authentication failed"] > > > > > > Still no luck, but I started to suspect something about PAM... 2.2.0f did > > > not use PAM, 2.3.2 seems to do so.... any ideas? > > > > I've tried with and without PAM (by not using the ppp-pam package). > > It made no difference. > > So did I. But I still remember when last time tried the new upstream > version (2.3.xx) and this PAP auth from passwd NEVER EVER worked. >
This if from the 2.3.xx pppd manpage: login Use the system password database for authenticating the peer using PAP, and record the user in the sys- tem wtmp file. Note that the peer must have an entry in the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file as well as the system password database to be allowed access. -- Madarasz Gergely [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry. Egy pingvinre gyakorlatilag lehetetlen haragosan nezni. HuLUG: http://www.cab.u-szeged.hu/local/linux/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .