On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 04:11, cr wrote: > On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 20:52, Thomas Krennwallner wrote: > > Hi! > > > > On Sat Sep 27, 2003 at 01:03:30AM -0800, J Y wrote: > > > Sep 26 05:42:22 deblnx pppd[1178]: The remote system is required to > > > authenticate itself Sep 26 05:42:22 deblnx pppd[1178]: but I couldn't > > > find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so. Sep 26 > > > 05:42:22 deblnx pppd[1178]: (None of the available passwords would let > > > it use an IP address.) > > > > > > I went to kde/kppp site and read there that commenting out the > > > 'auth' line in /etc/ppp/otions could be a fix but it wasn't. So I > > > copied the /etc/ppp/options file from my SuSE distro but that didn't > > > work either. > > > > Add following line to /etc/ppp/options: > > > > noauth > > > > So long > > Thomas > > Or alternatively, after bringing up Kppp, go > > Setup -> [select account] -> Edit -> Customise pppd -> [type in ] noauth > -> Add > > I've just had to do that, half an hour ago, and it works.
Just to correct myself - that *only* works if you're Root. (Even though I first saw it suggested on some website!) cr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]