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I`m trying to set up ppp on Sarge. I answered
all the questions. When I run pppd I get this
message: "The remote system is required to authenticate
itself but I couldn`t find any suitable secret
(password) for it to use to do it".
There was no place in the setup for this password
and my ISP did not provide such an item.
What must I do to make ppp happy?
Your isp gave u a username/password so that he can make accounting and charge you for the time , right?
You have to use either PAP or CHAP to authenticate.
Try with one of the two and in the logs you will see something telling you that you need another authentication mechanism if pap is not sufficient.
Well...I deleted old config files and ran pppconfig
choosing "provider" instead of my ISP name. Now I
can start with pon. Thanks, lavluda and the rest
for your help...Alan.
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