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Re: [PLUG] PPP Server Problems
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i'm trying to use an existing account, but it won't authenticate. so i
shouldn't need to do an adduser right? also, i've got shadow passwords
enabled, do think that could be causing a problem?
is cobra the machine dialing in or the machine providing the dialin service
(server)?
> Oh, and with the auto ppp setting I had to add a user to the machine
> doing the ppp dial-in. I just did an 'adduser' and setup a user name
> and password for them.
>
> Oh, one thing that might matter, in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets the line:
>
> # If you add "auth login -chap +pap" to
> /etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config,
> # all users in /etc/passwd can use their password for
> pap-authentication.
> #
> # Every regular user can use PPP and has to use passwords from
> /etc/passwd
> #* hostname ""
> * cobra "" "*"
>
> (My machine name is 'cobra' in this case)
>
> And I made sure to remove the remote user name from pap-secrets. I
> don't remember if having it there caused a problem or not, but I have
> it commented out at the moment.
>
> Kevin
>
>
> "W. Chris Shank" wrote:
>>
>> i'm having trouble getting authenticated. i have tried the
>> login.config entry like you have (except without the proxyarp and
>> IPaddresses - since i thought it would get read from etc/ppp/options
>> and options.ttyS1.
>>
>> when i attempt to connect, i get a PAP authentication failed message.
>>
>> i'm wondernig if RH7.3 compiled ppp with the proper flags?
>>
>>
>> > "W. Chris Shank" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I'm attempting to setup remote dialin so that I can call home to
>> >> get on the internet while i'm on vaca. I've reviewed the RedHat PPP
>> >> Server Quick How-To, but am having trouble authenticating. Trying
>> >> to use KPPP to test, set for PAP. If you have this working, please
>> >> reply with your login.config, options, and inittab entries. also if
>> >> you pap-secrets isn't too revealing, please include. I'd really
>> >> like this to
>> >> authenticate agains /etc/shadow, but it's not working so far.
>> >
>> > Get it working yet? I've got a SuSE setup working, with standard
>> > PPP, so maybe this isn't close enough for you...
>> >
>> > What's handling you're phone pickup? I find that picking a getty is
>> > half the pain of setting up dial-in ppp.
>> >
>> > Note that I'm using mgetty for the dial-in line (is that what your
>> > login.config question is for?)
>> >
>> > For mgetty, in login.config, I've set:
>> > /AutoPPP/ - a_ppp /usr/sbin/pppd auth login -chap +pap
>> > proxyarp remote.ip:remote_machine
>> >
>> > (I replaced my remote IP address and remote m/c name above.)
>> >
>> > Also, in mgetty.config I added some things:
>> >speed 38400
>> >
>> > port ttyS3
>> > data-only y
>> > init-chat "" \d\d\d+++\d\d\dAT OK AT&F2 OK
>> >
>> > (Note the data-only setting. I had trouble with mgetty and my modem
>> > successfully doing a non-data-only connection, and finally gave up.
>> > This means I can't get both fax and data on the line when it's setup
>> > this way.)
>> >
>> > My inittab entry for the modem is:
>> > # modem getty.
>> > #mo:235:respawn:/usr/sbin/mgetty -s 38400 modem
>> > S3:235:respawn:/usr/sbin/mgetty -s 38400 ttyS3
>> >
>> > I don't have direct access to the full file, but my ppp options set
>> > are: noauth
>> > crtscts
>> > lock
>> > modem
>> > asyncmap 0
>> > nodetach
>> > lcp-echo-interval 30
>> > lcp-echo-failure 4
>> > idle 600
>> > noipx
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Kevin Brosius
>> >
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