Re: pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-23 Thread Nathan
Ok Robert, please send me two things: 1. A copy of your /etc/ppp/options file 2. A copy of the /var/log/ppp log when a log is generated with the following options: Include in your /etc/ppp/options: debug kdebug 1 auth -chap +pap Using those two, I could tell you what the problem is. (fairly

Re: pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-23 Thread Nathan
Ok Robert, please send me two things: 1. A copy of your /etc/ppp/options file 2. A copy of the /var/log/ppp log when a log is generated with the following options: Include in your /etc/ppp/options: debug kdebug 1 auth -chap +pap Using those two, I could tell you what the problem is. (fairly

Re: pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-22 Thread Robert Davidson
On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 12:23:53PM -0400, Larry Morrow wrote: > Nathan, > > As sent from the user, it was open because the example sent > does NOT have a hostname listed nor a username and so it > does not matter what options are included , auto PPP would validate > all requests. I have done lots

Re: pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-22 Thread Robert Davidson
On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 12:23:53PM -0400, Larry Morrow wrote: > Nathan, > > As sent from the user, it was open because the example sent > does NOT have a hostname listed nor a username and so it > does not matter what options are included , auto PPP would validate > all requests. I have done lot

Re: pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-22 Thread Larry Morrow
Nathan, As sent from the user, it was open because the example sent does NOT have a hostname listed nor a username and so it does not matter what options are included , auto PPP would validate all requests. I have done lots of tests in all configurations and found this to be the case no matter wh

Re: pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-22 Thread Larry Morrow
Nathan, As sent from the user, it was open because the example sent does NOT have a hostname listed nor a username and so it does not matter what options are included , auto PPP would validate all requests. I have done lots of tests in all configurations and found this to be the case no matter w

Re: pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-22 Thread Nathan
Open yes, but not without authentication. On my dialin server, /etc/ppp/pap-secrets has: * chaos "" * (chaos is the hostname) The above basicaly tells it to use the /etc/passwd for authentication. I think the key would be in the debug output from syslog after a user attempts to d

Re: pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-22 Thread Larry Morrow
Make the following change in /etc/pap-secrets >In /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and /etc/ppp/chap-secrets I have a line like so: > >* * "" * username* "" * This file controls which users are able to dial-in with ppp. The very first * is what has your system ope

Re: pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-22 Thread Nathan
Open yes, but not without authentication. On my dialin server, /etc/ppp/pap-secrets has: * chaos "" * (chaos is the hostname) The above basicaly tells it to use the /etc/passwd for authentication. I think the key would be in the debug output from syslog after a user attempts to

Re: pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-22 Thread Larry Morrow
Make the following change in /etc/pap-secrets >In /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and /etc/ppp/chap-secrets I have a line like so: > >* * "" * username* "" * This file controls which users are able to dial-in with ppp. The very first * is what has your system op

Re: pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-22 Thread Gerard MacNeil
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Robert Davidson wrote: > On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 11:03:07AM +0800, Sanjeev Gupta wrote: > > > > Check /etc/ppp/options, you may have a > > > > noauth > > > > somewhere > > Nope.. I've checked for that, but it is effectivly acting like it has been > given the noauth option.

Re: pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-22 Thread Gerard MacNeil
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Robert Davidson wrote: > On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 11:03:07AM +0800, Sanjeev Gupta wrote: > > > > Check /etc/ppp/options, you may have a > > > > noauth > > > > somewhere > > Nope.. I've checked for that, but it is effectivly acting like it has been > given the noauth option

Re: pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-21 Thread Robert Davidson
On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 11:03:07AM +0800, Sanjeev Gupta wrote: > > Check /etc/ppp/options, you may have a > > noauth > > somewhere Nope.. I've checked for that, but it is effectivly acting like it has been given the noauth option. Any ideas? Regards, Robert Davidson. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-21 Thread Sanjeev Gupta
Check /etc/ppp/options, you may have a noauth somewhere At 12:39 PM 6/22/2000 +1000, Robert Davidson wrote: Hi all, I've got a linux box set up as a ppp server, using mgetty with AutoPPP and pppd (2.3.11-1.4 - Potato's current version as far as I know). The problem seems to be that it's not asking

pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-21 Thread Robert Davidson
Hi all, I've got a linux box set up as a ppp server, using mgetty with AutoPPP and pppd (2.3.11-1.4 - Potato's current version as far as I know). The problem seems to be that it's not asking the remote machine to authenticate. It will allow logins with any password, any username, etc. to log in

Re: pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-21 Thread Robert Davidson
On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 11:03:07AM +0800, Sanjeev Gupta wrote: > > Check /etc/ppp/options, you may have a > > noauth > > somewhere Nope.. I've checked for that, but it is effectivly acting like it has been given the noauth option. Any ideas? Regards, Robert Davidson. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-21 Thread Sanjeev Gupta
Check /etc/ppp/options, you may have a noauth somewhere At 12:39 PM 6/22/2000 +1000, Robert Davidson wrote: >Hi all, > >I've got a linux box set up as a ppp server, using mgetty with AutoPPP >and pppd (2.3.11-1.4 - Potato's current version as far as I know). > >The problem seems to be that it

pppd problem, authentication doesn't seem to work.

2000-06-21 Thread Robert Davidson
Hi all, I've got a linux box set up as a ppp server, using mgetty with AutoPPP and pppd (2.3.11-1.4 - Potato's current version as far as I know). The problem seems to be that it's not asking the remote machine to authenticate. It will allow logins with any password, any username, etc. to log i