On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Chris Stalker-Herron wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, December 05, 1998 4:56 PM > > To: Chris Stalker-Herron > > Cc: Debian User List > > Subject: Re: ISP username for diald > > > > > > Chris Stalker-Herron writes: > > > When trying to connect through diald, I am seeing "PAP authentication > > > failed" in my ppp.log. I think it's because diald does not know what > > > user to pass to pppd. > > > > No. It is because pppd is not being called with the 'noauth' option, and > > so is demanding that the ISP authenticate to it. Add this to > > /etc/diald/diald.options: > > > > pppd-options noauth > > Actually, I already have that line. Here is the ppp.log showing it being > used. > > Dec 5 13:19:37 piglet diald[295]: Running pppd: /usr/sbin/pppd -detach > modem crtscts mtu 1500 mru 1500 netmask 255.255.255.0 noauth > > Don't I have to somehow pass a username and password to the ISP? I doubt > they would let me connect without one.
That's correct. Both of these should be in /etc/diald/connect, which should have been installed as part of the diald package. You will need to edit this file to put your ISP's phone number plus your username, password and and possibly some other customizations to match the connect dialog which your ISP requires. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
