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> <http://www.Awfulhak.org> <brian@OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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