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  From: Anthony Symons <ant@sa.pracom.com.au>
  To  : <mwestern@affairs.net.au>
  Date: 03 Apr 2002 15:41:51 +0930

Re: 7.2 Dial Up PPPD Server Stuffed?

Doesnt microsoft use chap? We use chap and MS people can connect without
doing anything special. 

Ant

On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 15:49, Matthew Western wrote:
> Hi People,
> I'm trying to get ppp version 2.4.1 that is bundled with redhat 7.2 discs
> going to act as a dial up server for windows clients using PAP.  I've worked
> thru a couple of howtos and the the best one seems to be
> http://www.gue-tech.org/unix/ppp/sol_autoppp.html .
> 
> I've almost go it going i think as it's at the stage where it verifies
> username password, but it stays there for about 30 secs and drops.  the
> error log entry that is relivant is (full error log at bottom of message):
> 
> Apr  3 12:17:20 dial pppd[1050]: IPCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> Apr  3 12:17:21 dial pppd[1050]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
> 
> I've (actually my linux friend) found a message on the redhat list for a way
> around it but fails at step 5 with the message 'No such file or directory'
> (way to fix is also at the bottom of message).  so rather than bash my head
> against my keyboard any longer i thought i'd ask the gurus...
> 
> Do i need to downgrade to 2.4.0 to get things working?
> Regards
> Matthew
> 
> ------------------Fix 2.4.1-------------------
> (Grab the src rpm from here)
> ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/7.2/en/os/i386/SRPMS/ppp-2.4.1-2.src.rpm
> 
> (i didn't have this problem but its running on RH 6.2 still, this seems
> to be RH 7.2 only.......)
> 
> >
> > >As far I could find, there is no new ppp version to install, so,
> > >must I downgrade to PPP 2.4.0?
> >
> > =======================
> > 1) grab the .src.rpm file that corresponds to your ppp.  (As of the
> >    time I did it, that was ppp-2.4.1-2.src.rpm)
> > 2) type "rpm -Uvh ppp*.src.rpm" to put the pieces where Red Hat likes
> >    to compile them.
> > 3) change to the /usr/src/redhat/SPECS directory
> > 4) edit /usr/src/redhat/SPEC/ppp.spec and remove the cbcp patches.
> >    (There will be 4 lines that you need to delete.  All were pretty
> >    obvious.)
> > 5) type "rpm -ba ppp.spec"
> > 6) with any luck, it will create
> >           /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS/ppp-2.4.1-2.src.rpm
> >    and    /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/ppp-2.4.1-2.i386.rpm
> > 7) change to the /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 directory
> > 8) type either "rpm -Uvh --force ppp*.rpm"
> >    or "rpm -e ppp" then "rpm -Uvh ppp*.rpm"
> >
> > DISCLAIMER: That worked for me.  Your milage may vary.  Contents may
> > settle upon shipping. Void where prohibited by law.
> 
> Messages log ------------------
> [root@dial log]# more error.log
> Apr  3 12:16:47 dial mgetty[1050]: data dev=ttyS1, pid=1050, caller='none',
> conn
> ='19200', name='', cmd='/usr/sbin/pppd', user='/AutoPPP/'
> Apr  3 12:16:47 dial pppd[1050]: pppd 2.4.1 started by LOGIN, uid 0
> Apr  3 12:16:47 dial pppd[1050]: Using interface ppp0
> Apr  3 12:16:47 dial pppd[1050]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> Apr  3 12:16:47 dial pppd[1050]: Warning - secret file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
> has
> world and/or group access
> Apr  3 12:16:50 dial pppd[1050]: Warning - secret file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
> has
> world and/or group access
> Apr  3 12:16:50 dial pppd[1050]: user mwestern logged in
> Apr  3 12:17:20 dial pppd[1050]: IPCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> Apr  3 12:17:21 dial pppd[1050]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
> Apr  3 12:17:21 dial pppd[1050]: Modem hangup
> Apr  3 12:17:21 dial pppd[1050]: Connection terminated.
> Apr  3 12:17:21 dial pppd[1050]: Connect time 0.6 minutes.
> Apr  3 12:17:21 dial pppd[1050]: Sent 310 bytes, received 0 bytes.
> Apr  3 12:17:21 dial pppd[1050]: Exit.
> --------------------------------
> 
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