Subject: Re: PPP with chap authentication
To: Martin Husemann <martin@rumolt.teuto.de>
From: Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca>
List: current-users
Date: 03/07/1997 09:11:12
On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Martin Husemann wrote:

> If I understood "man pppd" right, I can
> simply do "cd /etc/ppp; mv pap-secrets chap-secrets" to switch between
> both protocols.

So long as you're not using encrypted passwords in the pap-secrets
file.  For CHAP you must have a cleartext password available.

cjs

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