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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
