Subject: Re: big trouble in little ppp
To: xwolf <xwolf@vr-net.com>
From: Dr. Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/01/1998 12:35:08
On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, xwolf wrote:

> well.... i figured out that i hav to use pap authentication for it to
> work... dunno how to do that.

As Colin pointed out, man pppd will tell you how, though it's in the fine
print.

To /etc/ppp/options, add

user <Your_ISP_Username>

and then make an /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file, containing

<Your_ISP_Username> * <Your_ISP_Password>

Take care,

Bill