Your /etc/resolv.conf it's ok with these two lines:
domain mailbox.ro
nameserver 123.123.123.123 -> this is "mailbox.ro" IP address
Your /etc/hosts.allow may be empty.
Look in the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file. You should have here the line with your
user and password for your mailbox:
myuser * mypassword
Do you have the line:
user myuser
in /etc/ppp/options file?
First try to start the connection manualy. Use minicom for establish the serial
connection and login manualy. If it works, start the pppd daemon (they have some
examples for manual connection in RedHat manual from CD).
If it doesn't work, mail to me... Ok, RO? :)
Cata.
Raider wrote:
>
> Hi!
> I have this email account. And I want to do all my mail in Linux. So I
> have to set up a PPP connection with the dial-up server. For that I
> installed pppd 2.2.0. Than I read pppd man page and PPP-HOWTO as well as
> PPP-FAQ. I set all the files according to PPP-HOWTO. I put in
> /etc/ppp/options both debug and kdebug 7. I know this will fill my logs.
> But I'll remove these settings when will go well.
> In /var/log/messages I get from pppd: PAP authentication failure for
> box.mailbox.ro.
> box.mailbox.ro is supposed to be the server where the mail accounts are
> although my mail address there can be [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm authtenticated by the server. What can go
> wrong? Actually what should mean to me that line 'PAP authentication
> failure for box.mailbox.ro'? I put in /etc/hosts.allow the line 'ALL: .ro'
> and I don't know how does it get the name box.mailbox.ro. Because in
> /etc/resolv.conf it's mentioned just mailbox.ro and the dns ip address.
> Also: is the name before the dns ip address is relevant? I mean both
> box.mailbox.ro and mailbox.ro lead to that error.
> I can't get help from the ISP. They have a Linux server, but they told me
> that they never tryed to connect via Linux.
> Should I ask on the ppp list at vger.rutgers?
>
> TIA,
> Raider
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