From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 27 04:04:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA08028 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 27 May 1997 04:04:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mackay01.cqit.qld.edu.au (root@[203.22.80.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA08016 for ; Tue, 27 May 1997 04:04:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 203.1.96.26.chalmers.com.au (remote2.cqit.qld.edu.au [203.22.80.21]) by mackay01.cqit.qld.edu.au (8.7.3/8.6.9) with SMTP id VAA26980 for ; Tue, 27 May 1997 21:01:57 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <338ABEDD.64CE@chalmers.com.au> Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 21:00:45 +1000 From: Robert Reply-To: robert@chalmers.com.au Organization: chalmers.com.au X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions Subject: [Q] pppd and pap authentication. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi all. ppp again. Please don't tell me to FRTFM ! I've been told today already. I've just spent a couple of hours (again) looking all the way through the freebsd.org site, FAQ, Handbook, and various online references. I've translated the man pages line by line, looking for clues on how pppd works, along with PAP. Precious little there is! Anything I have found I have printed out. About 1 sheet of paper it amounts to. :-) Here is what I'm looking for. I wish to be able to automatically dial, and redial if line hangs up, the server on another site, that requires PAP authentication. I have a working 'options' file, and a working 'chat' script file. However.... The server on the remote site requires that I authenticate myself with PAP. I can find NO EXAMPLES of how this is done. at all. Doesn't anyone use this method except Microsoft! The other server is NT. Doesn't anyone use pppd at all? There are a zillion examples of ppp, but NONE of pppd. and I gave up on ppp as well. That sodding ppp.secrets file again. Anyone who enables PAP wants their heads read! Hope someone has some ideas, I could really use a couple of pointers. Thanks much in advance, Bob -- http://www.chalmers.com.au Books-New & Secondhand Support Whirled Peas. Agents for CIBTC. Associate of Amazon.com, and Partner Program with iBS. Books about China, books from China. Sheng huo jiu shi dou zheng Business Links in Dalian, and Beijing. Building the China Trade