On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 11:19:28PM +0530, Soumyadip Modak wrote: > I'm trying to use kppp to dial in to my isp. Problem is, even though the > username and password are stored in pap-secrets file, pppd is unable to > use it. /var/log/syslog says: > > Apr 10 07:29:04 modak pppd[967]: The remote system is required to > authenticate itself
Your setup is requiring the remote system to authenticate itself to you. This is probably not what you want. Most of the setups I am familiar with, the ISP requires you to auth to them, but they don't auth to you. This is what you are asking it to do. It has been a while since I used ppp, but re-read the documentation---you are looking for the auth/noauth option to specify on your connection to your ISP. Last time I used ppp, this would be in a file in (e.g.) /etc/ppp/peers/<provider-name> HTH > Apr 10 07:29:04 modak pppd[967]: but I couldn't find any suitable secret > (password) for it to use to do so. > Apr 10 07:29:04 modak pppd[967]: (None of the available passwords would > let it use an IP address.) > > I tried man pppd, but i lost my way inside. Can anyone please give me > any pointers on how to get pppd to authenticate itself. > > /etc/ppp/pap-secrets is owner+group readable and writable. Owner and > group both root, and I'm running kppp as root. > > Thanks > -- > Soumyadip Modak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Chris Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------- GNU/Linux --- The best things in life are free. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]