Okay..black flagged on the last lap re: connection issue (correct thread)

From: The Moor Of Venice (grizelda_bone_at_nospam.yahoo.com)
Date: 11/25/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 03:49:29 GMT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Moe Trin" <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld>
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.redhat
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: A third question re: connecting to the net with KPPP

> In article <6J_od.54046$7i4.37909@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
> The Moor Of Venice wrote:
>
> >Okay. I have KPPP configured properly.
>
> Apparently not
>
> >I can "see" the modem, dial out with it, hook to the remote host--and
> >the daemon dies. The error log says that the message from the remote
> >host is that it can't authenticate me. Is there anything client-side
> >that could cause this or do I need to talk to my ISP?
>
> Two things. Is there some option to KPPP to tell it your username? I'm
> NOT referring to the section where it sticks your username/password into
> some obscure location - I'm referring to the 'user grizelda_bone' option
> to pppd. The reason is that kppp assumes that the username you are logged
> in to Linux as is the same username you use at the ISP. This isn't always
> the case. The 'user' option to pppd tells it who you want to tell the
> ISP you are.
>
> Secondly, you are posting from a Worldnet address - I don't think they
> use PAP authentication - they have been using CHAP-MD5. What this means
> is that the username and secret have to wind up in /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
> NOT /etc/ppp/pap-secrets (although you can have it in BOTH). Also,
> worldnet was using a non-standard username. If your _email_ address is
> grizelda_bone@worldnet.att.net or some such rot, don't you set your
> username in windoze to be 12345678@worldnet.att.net or similar?
>
> You are using that windoze wannabe tool kppp, and it's trying to hide
> the details. You might try adding the following pppd options:
>
> debug
> logfile /tmp/some.file.name
>
> either by adding those lines to /etc/ppp/options, or trying to figure
> how to get kppp to do that for you. In either case, try a call, then
> look in the file /tmp/some.file.name afterwards for clues.
>
> Old guy
>

Actually, old guy, the problem is that the default IP route is set to eth0
(which in case you didn't know is the ethernet card) and I can't properly
modify the etc/ppp/options file because it's a read only file and I don't
know how to change it and re-save it. I've tried creating a new /options
file that includes the proper commands but I can't save it because there is
already a read only file with that name.

Dave

Anyone have any ideas?

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