Re: PPP / PAP query

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From: John Gotts
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 00:00

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On 5 Feb 1997 09:28:32 GMT, cowpks@lisp.com.au <cowpks@lisp.com.au> wrote:
>I'm using a setup from the Slackware Aug 96 disk prior to my Redhat arriving.
>
>When I run ppp-on, it says it can't find any authentication files despite there being
>a valid /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file. What is it really trying to say?
>
>Is the format of the pap-secrets file in the Linux Bible v4 as per page 1299 or page
>499?

Assuming that you have a pap-secrets like the following:

username	provider	 "password"

Add "user username remotename provider" to your pppd command line or

user username
remotename provider

to your /etc/ppp/options.

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John GOTTS <jgotts@engin.umich.edu> http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~jgotts
Senior, EE/Motif Programmer/SysAdmin/Linux Hacker/Amateur Radio Callsign N8QDW

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