I have the same problem. I found out I wasn't using the latest verison of
initscripts and I was optimistic that the update would fix it but I haven't
done so yet. If you are really using 6.2 them I assume it incorporates
the update. Why don't you check the version ('rpm -qi initscripts' and
'rpm -qi ppp') against the latest are ppp-2.3.10-3.i386.rpm and
initscripts-4.70-1.i386.rpm.
Otherwise I, like you, have no idea what's wrong. I can tickle pppd into
connecting and authenticating just fine... but not (consistently) through
the network-scripts so I assume that the problem has to do with how pppd is
called. If you figure it out, I'd love to be in on the secret.
My /etc/ppp/options file, as I assume your's, does not have anything like
'require-pap'. Mine is just 'debug\nlock'. But the network-scripts have
their own nooks for tucking away options and something untoward may be
happening there.
Note the below remarks too...
-Alan
At 11:03 PM 1/18/00 -0500, Derek Tattersall wrote:
>
>I am trying to configure a ppp link to my isp from my computer. I am
>running RedHat 6.2.
>
>My isp uses pap.
>
>When I tried to activate the ppp link I got the following message on
>stderr:
>
>Failed to activate /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0
You did this:
cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
./ifup ppp0
Right?
>I also found the following lines in /var/log/messages:
>
>ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp1 on /dev/ttyS1 at 115200
Note it says 'ppp1'. I think something is screwed up in our network-scripts.
>pppd[9261]: The remote system (ppp0) is required to authenticate itself
>but I
>pppd[9261]: couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use
>to do so.
>
>The file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets exists with permission 600 (owned by
>root) and contains my (isp's) username and password.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas as to what I am doing wrong?
>
>
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