--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sidney Brooks wrote: > > >--- Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Sidney Brooks wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>1. I can get two dialers, kppp and > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>ppp[config/pon/poff], to dial, > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>but they do not authenticate. The kppp log > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>says: > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>The system is required to authenticate itself > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>but I cannot find > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>any suitable secret (password) for it to use > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>to > >> > >> > >>>do so. (None of > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>the available passwords would let it use an > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>IP > >> > >> > >>>address). > >>> > >>>"apt-get install minicom", and then use it to > >>> > >>> > >>verify > >> > >> > >>>that your > >>>username/password is working on the server. This > >>>won't allow you to > >>>start a ppp session, but it should allow you to > >>>verify that your > >>>username/password is working. If it doesn't, then > >>>triple-check that > >>>you're using the right username/password. > >>> > >>>You might also have to reconfigure pppconfig for > >>>CHAP instead of PAP, etc. > >>> > >>>-- > >>> > >>> > >>There is no doubt that I am using the correct > >>username > >>and password. I can read them in > >>/etc/ppp/pap-secrets. > >> > >>My ISP specifies PAP not CHAP. > >> > >>I have used pppconfig/pon/poff in earlier versions > >>of > >>Debian without trouble. > >>I am using kppp sucessfully now in RedHat. > >> > >>The question is why neither will authenticate even > >>though both dial properly and I can hear a > response > >>from my ISP. Debian must have some quirk that I am > >>unaware of. > >> > >>Let me end by expressing my appreciation for your > >>interest and help. > >> > >> > > In /etc/ppp/options is an "auth" setting you can try > commenting out. > There's a better way to do this (as mentioned in the > options file), but > this would serve as a quick and dirty test to see if > that's related. > > -- > Kent > I commented out "auth". The only difference it made is that the connected icon appeared on the bottom of the screen. However, as before, the browser could not connect with any website.
This suggestion gave me the thought of going to my working RedHat partition and copying their /etc/ppp/options file exactly. However, when I went there it was a blank file. This caused me to realize that my problem in Debian was anterior to both ppp and kppp. In Debian neither authorizes. In RedHat, there is no ppp, but kppp authorizes. What comes before them in Debian? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
