[plug] pppd

[Jeremy Malcolm]

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> here is what was put in the daemon file after I changed the 
> login.config to
> the setting said by Jeremy.
> 
> if you see on the lines marked with ****'s the first line shows that
I can
> login and that it gets the right name and pass,
> 
> but then down at the next ****'s it says that the peer disconnected
and I
> was wondering if this was a problem with my settings in the options
file?

Or it could be due to the error, "Warning - secret file
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets has world and/or group access".  Try chmod 600
and see if that takes you any further.

> if I am to assign an IP to the peer should I have this in the 
> options.ttyS0
> file?

Yes, either an IP or a hostname which resolves to an IP.  Of course,
the IP must be properly routed to your Linux box first.

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