pppd login failure

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Hi,

Sebastian Fritsch wrote:
> >> ># Secrets for authentication using PAP
> >> ># client        server          secret          IP addresses
> >> >tocotron        10.20.10.1      xxx             10.20.10.3
> >
> >Put a "*" in the "server" field (afaik, it checks the NAME of the server
> >here, not its IP address).
> 
> Yes, this was the mistake. I changed it to * now.
> But also at this time I don't know what the setting for server means.

This is the *name* of the server - I think you could use the same config
file for different PPP servers or something like this.

> Is it right that I have to set every(!?!) user in the pap-secrets file
> to give hime ppp access? 

Sure.  Or use /etc/passwd for authentication.

> Is this the argument why you don't like PAP-authentification, Gert?

No.  I don't like PAP because passwords are transmitted in plain text,
unencrypted.

gert
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