Re: Gnome PPP dial-up problems

[Jonathan <gardnerj pro-usa net>]

Could someone illuminate why my PAP authentication might not be working? Could it
have anything to do with a lock that I believe kppp puts into ppp/options ?

Jonathan

Andrew Post wrote:

> Why are you using a script with Mindspring? They have PAP
> authentication.
>
> Andrew
>
> bill.helke@cp.Novartis.com wrote:
> >
> > I can only speak from my experience.  I'm using Mindspring as my ISP and I
> > needed to create a script.  One thing I noticed was that I really had to
> > beat on Gnome-ppp to get it to save all of the script correctly.  I think I
> > had to edit the account about three different times to get everything saved
> > the way it should be.  I couldn't track down any reason why the edited
> > sections weren't getting saved, but I just kept trying and eventually
> > everything was saved correctly.  There are options in the script creator to
> > allow you to send your userID and password which you probably already
> > entered when you initially created your account for dialup.  Also, don't
> > forget the DNS address(es) in the "DNS" tab.  You may see an example of a
> > script in the Howto link I provided in my last reply.  Don't assume
> > anything, though.  When requesting userid, Mindspring sends the prompt
> > "Username" instead of "Login."  I suggest that you turn on the debug window
> > in Gnome-ppp and look at what is being received when you connect to your
> > ISP.  Then build your script from that.
> >
> > William F. Helke
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonathan [mailto:gardnerj@pro-usa.net]
> > Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 1:37 PM
> > To: Helke Bill CP USGR EXC
> > Cc: gnome-list@gnome.org
> > Subject: Re: Gnome PPP dial-up problems
> >
> > Ok, I can dial now. I set the ttyS3 Permissions the way I was told and that
> > was
> > the problem, funny that kppp doesn't have that problem. Anyway, now I've set
> > permissions and suid everything I'm supposed to but when I connect, I never
> > really connect. I'm sure I'm not authenticating for some reason. Am I
> > supposed
> > to do anything in that 'script' area, I thought that PAP would do everything
> > automatically though.
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> > <snip, snip>
> >
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