Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:09:17 -0500 (EST) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu> To: Frank Griffith <frankg@idfw.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ppp -auto -alias demand Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980128190704.30691A-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> In-Reply-To: <01BD2C15.27ECAF00@fast1>
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This message pops up becasue a server is trying to attach to port 3000. If there is no ppp.secret file, the server will not bind. This is merely a scurity feature. Try upgrading to the latest ppp from http://www.freebsd.org/~brian, then this message will go away. If you WANT a server (either on a telnet port or a uipc socket), upgrade to the latest version of ppp, and refer to the 'set server' command in the man page. Joe Clarke On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Frank Griffith wrote: > I have FreeBSD 2.2.5 running on a 486-66 unit and so far so good! > > I followed the tutorials on the website and edited the necessary > files to get ppp running as my gateway for Win95 workstations. > Again, so far so good. But when I type this command: > > ppp -auto -alias demand > > I see the following message: > > Can't open socket 3000: No password in ppp.secret > > This is followed by three more messages which basically say the > same thing about ppp.secret. I have not edited my ppp.secret.sample > file in anyway, nor have I created a ppp.secret file. > > In any case, the darn thing works anyway! I can enter dial, and off > it goes and connects with my ISP, or just launch one of the browsers > and bingo, it dials up and connects and I'm off. Are these error > messages important? How can I stop them from appearing? And > where can I find info on how to edit ppp.secret? > >
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