Re: gnome-ppp not working



bratsche@dfw.net wrote:
> 
> You need to make sure that your /etc/ppp/options file is blank, then edit
> /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file so that it contains one line similar to this:
> 
> Pbratsche       dfw.net mypassword
> 
> Then go into gnome-ppp's config and into the "authentification" tab. Fill
> in the blanks to correspond to the values in your pap-secrets file.

Thanks, but that didn't work. What am I supposed to put in the "remote
name" field in the "Authentication" tab? I tried putting my server name
(shadow.net) there, but that didn't do the trick.

> Also
> make sure that you have privileges to execute pppd and to open /dev/ppp0
> (or whatever device you're using).

I can use the ifup script from the account from which I'm trying to use
gnome-ppp, so I don't think this is the problem.

-- 
Braden N. McDaniel
braden@endoframe.com
<URI:http://www.endoframe.com>



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