Subject: Re: how to solve it the pppd 2.3.9 pap-screte
To: Chan Yiu Wah <c5666305@hkstar.com>
From: David Maxwell <david@fundy.ca>
List: current-users
Date: 08/27/1999 11:04:44
On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 08:57:31PM +0800, Chan Yiu Wah wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently updated my i386 system upto Aug 25, 1999. After that, my pppd
> script (2.3.5) won't work for me any more. The message is as followings.
> Can anyone help to solve it. Thanks.
>
> Clarence
>
> ======= message (pppd 2.3.9) =======
> pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself but I
> pppd: couldn't find any secret (password) which would let it use an IP address.
> ======= message (pppd 2.3.9) =======
Did you do the update using sysinst, or manually? Sysinst could have
moved your /etc to /etc.old
Did you miss copying your /etc.old/ppp into the new /etc?
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- me