Mgetty, RH Linux 5.1 and PAP authentication

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Example /etc/ppp/pap-secrets# Secrets for authentication using PAP
# client    server    secret    IP addresses
*    *    ""    *

Paul Wickham wrote in message <6t14gu$h24$1@flex.london.pipex.net>...
>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:
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>/AutoPPP/ -     -       /usr/sbin/pppd auth -chap +pap login kdebug 7 debug
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>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?
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>Ideally, I don't want to use /etc/ppp/pap-secrets at all, and just the
>/etc/passwd file.
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>Paul Wickham
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