pppd doesn't authenticate

Antonio-Blasco Bonito (bonito@unipi.it)
Fri, 30 Oct 1998 15:11:34 +0100


I'm trying to configure my SPARCclassic with RH 5.1 as a small access server.
I'm using mgetty and pppd.
But I have to use login/password authentication and pppd run as user's shell
which I don't like very much...

I cannot use AutoPPP because pppd auhentication doesn't work.

Example: trying with another linux calling and using pap authentication I get
the following:

Oct 30 14:30:23 cuori kernel: CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the Universi
ty of California
Oct 30 14:30:23 cuori kernel: PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation)
Oct 30 14:30:23 cuori kernel: PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995
 Caldera, Inc.
Oct 30 14:30:23 cuori kernel: PPP line discipline registered.
Oct 30 14:30:23 cuori kernel: registered device ppp0
Oct 30 14:30:23 cuori pppd[343]: peer authentication required but no suitable se
cret(s) found 
Oct 30 14:30:23 cuori pppd[343]: for authenticating any peer to us (cuori.cnuce.
cnr.it) 
Oct 30 14:32:22 cuori kernel: PPP: ppp line discipline successfully unregistered

Here are the relevant parts of my configuration.

/usr/local/etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config:
/AutoPPP/ -     a_ppp   /usr/sbin/pppd auth +pap -chap modem crtscts lock

/etc/ppp/options:
debug -detach

/etc/ppp/options.ttyS0:
38400 ipparam ppp0 proxyarp :131.114.192.46 netmask 255.255.255.255 ms-dns 131.1
14.192.100

/etc/ppp/pap-secrets:
# Secrets for authentication using PAP
# client        server                  secret          IP addresses
user          cuori.cnuce.cnr.it      "password"

Anybody could help me?

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