[plug] pppd

[Dean Wright]

Garth,

Below is what I had in my mgetty.tty.S0 file after I tried to dial in, it
only logged the first time I tried, I also dialed in at around 11:30 but as
you can see it didn't put anything in here about that.

I have in my pap-secrets file "dean * dean"

in the entry for 10/31 10:58:56 it has user='CONNECT 38400' does this mean
that my win98 dialup is passing 'CONNECT 38400' when pap is expecting dean.

here is my mgetty.ttyS0 file:

10/31 10:49:39 ##### failed dev=ttyS0, pid=242, got signal 15, exiting

--
10/31 10:58:56 ##### data dev=ttyS0, pid=129, caller='none', conn='38400',
name='', cmd='/bin/login', user='CONNECT 38400'

--
10/31 10:59:35 yS0  init chat failed, exiting...: Invalid argument
10/31 10:59:35 ##### failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyS0, pid=143

--
10/31 11:01:16 ##### failed A_FAIL dev=ttyS0, pid=144, caller='none',
conn='', name=''

--
10/31 11:01:48 ##### data dev=ttyS0, pid=147, caller='none', conn='38400',
name='', cmd='/bin/login', user='/AutoPPP/'

--
10/31 11:02:26 yS0  init chat failed, exiting...: Invalid argument
10/31 11:02:26 ##### failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyS0, pid=148

as for messages and ppp_log there was nothing entered at the times I tried
dialing.

I was reading that for pppd configuring I should have an entry in the passwd
file for a ppp group is this relevant for my current setup, I have added the
user dean and this is in there.

I was under the impression that pap will allow the remote login if the user
is a valid user of that machine.

thanks for your help
Dean

> Hi Dean
>
> If the +pap option is used and the pap-secrets file is empty then pppd
> will silently fail (I dont even think it puts any message in
> /var/log/messages).
>
> In the pap-secrets file try:
> john * john
>
>
> Then using dialup networking in Windows 98, login as john with password
> of john.
>
> Mgetty has a good log file to check as well. It is in the /var/log
> directory and is called something like mgetty.ttyS1 or mgetty.ttyS0
> (serial port 2 or serial port 1) or possibly mgetty.modem.
>
> In mgetty's log file you should confirm theat mgetty is detecting ppp
> packets and automatically launching pppd as a result.
>
> Also remove the -ip and lock parameters from /etc/ppp/options. In this
> scenario (at least during setup) they are not required.
>
> You can also, as a test of the pppd configuration, as superuser, execute
> the pppd program with exactly the same parameters as in the login.config
> file. You should see some very strange characters appear as output on
> your console, or see some pppd error message.
>
> Garth
>
> Dean Wright wrote:
> >
> > Garth,
> >
> > Thanks for the help, but I am still having prob's.
> >
> > here is what I have in my login.config file
> >
> > "pppd debug kdebug 1 192.168.10.10:192.168.10.11 +pap login asyncmap 0
> > passive"
> >
> > is that all I need in there?
> >
> > this is what I have setup in my options file
> >
> > asyncmap 0
> > crtscts
> > local
> > lock
> > modem
> > passive
> > -detach
> > -ip
> > +pap
> > debug
> > kdebug 1
> > login
> > lcp-echo-interval 30
> > lcp-echo-failure 4
> >
> > Are these right? I'm not sure.
> >
> > I dialed in with hyper terminal and I can login ok, but if I try to use
> > dialup networking it gets to the verifying password point then waits for
a
> > bit then I get disconnected. So I went and checked the messages and
ppp_log
> > files and there was only the info from when I restarted the box from the
> > kernel, nothing from pppd.
> >
> > could my modem string be wrong?
> > or maybe my settings on the win98 dailup? which are
> >
> > type of dialup server: ppp
> > advanced options: enable software compression
> > protocols: TCP/IP with both server assigned addresses checked, ipheader
> > compression, use default gateway.
> >
> > also I am not really sure what I need to have in my ppp-secrets file
> >
> > any ideas on what I am doing wrong (probably heaps)
> > please bare with me I'm still on that really steep learning curve
> >
> > Dean
> >
> > "Who told you to put the balm on? I didn't tell you to put the balm on,
what
> > is a balm anyway?"
> > - Jackie Giles  (Seinfeld)
>