Mgetty, RH Linux 5.1 and PAP authentication

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Hi!
I've got Redhat Linux 5.1 and MGetty working fine with AutoPPP and no
authentication, but when I turn on authentication in login.config with the
line:

/AutoPPP/ -     -       /usr/sbin/pppd auth -chap +pap login kdebug 7 debug

and try to log in with Win NT4 the system refuses to authenticate. I tried
deleting /etc/ppp/pap-secrets, setting up pap-secrets as follows:
<username>    *     "<password>"
I have also tried
*    *     ""
in pap-secrets
And it still doesn;t work. I read in the man page that pppd  requires an
entry in pap-secrets even if you wish to use the login option. But what do I
enter, because as far I can gather, there should be a machine name and not a
user name in pap-secrets?

Ideally, I don't want to use /etc/ppp/pap-secrets at all, and just the
/etc/passwd file.



Paul Wickham