These log messages show up because somewhere you've specified the 'debug' option. Just get rid of this option.
Carel Fellinger wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Sorry for reposting this question, but somehow my posts to the newsgroup > never make it to the list and many posting of others seam to miss too:(, > so please reply by email too. thanks > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Hai, > > for starters: the longer I have Debian GNU/Linux the happier I get, > and the more often I find what I need in the docs, > but not this one:( > > Recently my IPS changed from chat to PAP, and now I find my password > in the ppp.log file. I know that file has restricted access rights, > but I prefer to have no passwords lying around, besides Debian ships > with an X configuration where the console messages are routed to an > xterm on the XDM login screen, so there they are for everyone to read! > Previously I used chat scripts only (no PAP authentication once logged > into my IPS), and in there you have flags (\q) to suppress listing of > the password in the ppp.log files. How to achief this with PAP or CHAP? > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I got this one reply of Eric G. Miller suggesting to use pppconfig and > have the password and userid in the pap-secrets file. Unfortunately that > was no cure, as that was exactly what I already had done:(. > > the ppp.log file reads something like: > > Jun 27 13:30:21 vvs pppd[16672]: Using interface ppp0 > Jun 27 13:30:21 vvs pppd[16672]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1 > ... > Jun 27 13:30:43 vvs chat[16672]: send (\d) > Jun 27 13:30:44 vvs pppd[16671]: Serial connection established. > Jun 27 13:30:45 vvs pppd[16671]: Using interface ppp0 > Jun 27 13:30:45 vvs pppd[16671]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1 > Jun 27 13:30:45 vvs pppd[16671]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <asyncmap 0x0> > <magic 0x1b9a3fac>] > Jun 27 13:30:46 vvs pppd[16671]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 <asyncmap 0x0> > <magic 0x1b9a3fac>] > Jun 27 13:30:46 vvs pppd[16671]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x28 <mru 1600> <magic > 0x682cc4e0> <asyncmap 0x0> <auth pap>] > Jun 27 13:30:46 vvs pppd[16671]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x28 <mru 1600> <magic > 0x682cc4e0> <asyncmap 0x0> <auth pap>] > Jun 27 13:30:46 vvs pppd[16671]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0x1b9a3fac] > Jun 27 13:30:46 vvs pppd[16671]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="my-user-id" > password="my-password"] > Jun 27 13:30:49 vvs pppd[16671]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x2 user="my-user-id" > password="my-password"] > > and there they are, so what did I do wrong? how to prevent this? > just ran pppconfig, selected PAP protocol and kept all the default awnsers. > by the way, I'm still running (mainly) ham (Debian 2.0) > > -- > groetjes, carel > > -- > groetjes, carel > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
