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Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:09:17 -0500 (EST)
From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu>
Subject: Re: ppp -auto -alias demand
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To: Frank Griffith <frankg@idfw.com>
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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?
> 
>