Fred,
take a look at http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
it has a very good explanation of PAP and CHAP and is an excellent ppp
resource.
Regards
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
fred smith wrote:
>
> Has anyone here tried using the free ISP "freewwweb" ??
>
> Or perhaps another way to phrase my question is:
>
> Can someone here assist me in setting up my PPP to use PAP authentication?
>
> i've been using PPP for years. I set it up by hand using one of the various
> HOWTO documents floating around, back on RH 4.0 and have been just copying
> the same setup forward as I upgrade.
>
> I'm now on RH5.2 and am trying to use the free web access at freewwweb.com.
> I've signed up, and have a username and a password.
>
> FWIW Windoze dials up and connects just fine.
>
> But I can't figure out how to get Linux to do it. They say you need to
> configure PAP. I've followed what seems like what the docs (including
> the PPP HOWTO) are saying but no joy.
>
> it seems that my /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file should contain a line similar
> to:
>
> my-username-at-the-ISP * my-password-at-the-ISP
>
> and I've got it set accordingly.
>
> In /etc/ppp/options I've got a line reading:
>
> name my-username-at-the-ISP
>
> and in /etc/ppp/login I've got a line giving the dialing instructions:
>
> "" atdtxxxx
>
> There is no chat script in /etc/ppp/login because: When there IS, chat
> is waiting for a "ogin:" prompt which never comes and times out.
>
> When there is NO chat script, we get a message from the ISP's terminal
> server, then we die with (usually but not always) a message about serial
> line is looped back.
>
> I'm stumped!
>
> Furthermore, if I use a terminal program (c-kermit, in my case) to dial
> the same phone number, I get the terminal server banner, followed by a
> prompt something like "Please enter System Password:" and nothing I enter
> there goes beyond that. Certainly the assigned username or password does
> not work.
>
> I can't think of any further permutations to try, other than:
>
> I moved my ppp config files out of the way and ran LINUXCONF and let it
> configure ppp for me. The only thing it changed was the pap-secrets file,
> and it looked essentially like the one I made by hand. Further, it did not
> modify the login file at all, so when ppp starts it still dials the same
> way I had it hand-configured.
>
> I'm really stumped!
>
> TIA
>
> Fred
> --
> ---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------
> "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his
> glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior
> be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before
> all ages, now and forevermore! Amen."
> ----------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 (niv) -----------------------------
>
> --
> To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe"
> as the Subject.
--
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.postfix.org - The Postfix Mailer -
--
To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe"
as the Subject.
