Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 00:12:35 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "Alex Kwan" <alexkwan@pacific.net.hk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions about /etc/ppp/ppp.conf and /etc/ppp/ppp.secret Message-ID: <199909172312.AAA00661@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 18 Sep 1999 00:53:26 %2B0800." <000d01bf012d$3dca7de0$b0c2fea9@parsley>
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> Hi!
>
> I dialup to my ISP with user mode PPP,
> after I put the entry of username and password
> on /etc/ppp/ppp.secret as follow:
> alexkwan abcdefgh
This allows you to authenticate alexkwan. If you're dialing an ISP,
they won't want to authenticate.
> do I need the following entry in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf:
> set authname alexkwan
> set authkey abcdefgh
This allows you to send authentication info to the peer - used when
your ISP demands PAP or CHAP.
> Thanks
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org>
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