I seem to remember that the secrets file requires protection of 700 or 500.
Mine is set to 700.
I may be confusing this with something else though.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of superman
> Sent: Sun, Oct 24, 1999 2:32 PM
> To: diald
> Subject: Re: chap authentication
>
>
> hi,
>
> i tried what you suggested, but still no joy :(
>
> my pppd is saying that it cant find the CHAP secrets file, even
> though it's
> in /etc/ppp/chap-secrets.....i copied my chap-secrets to pap-secrets too,
> but it seems to want the chap one, but doesn't know where to look
> for it...
>
> any more suggestions appreciated!
>
> tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel A. Matz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Diald List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 24 October 1999 19:29
> Subject: Re: chap authentication
>
>
> >I don't know if you go an answer to this, but I hook to several systems
> >that use CHAP &, in order for it to work, had to put the login info in
> >/etc/ppp/pap-secrets.
> >
> >FWIW, using RedHat 6.0 & 2.3.7.
> >
> >superman wrote:
> >>
> >> hi,
> >>
> >> i've got pppd working fine with a nice connect script that
> uses chat and
> my
> >> chap-secrets file, the only trouble is that pppd cant find my
> chap-secrets
> >> file when it is launched by diald, according to /var/log/messages.
> >>
> >> i find this most odd because the man page for pppd states that it will
> look
> >> in /etc/ppp/chap-secrets which it is obviously doing when i connect
> >> manually, but it seems to fail to do it for diald.
> >>
> >> can anyone point me in the right direction?
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >>
> >> tim.
> >>
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