Subject: Re: chat/PAP/ppp probs
To: Tristan Doherty <ristar@abacom.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/03/1997 19:22:17
> 
> At 3:16 PM -0800 4/3/97, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> >
> >I think you're using +ua right, but man pppd says that +ua is obsolecent.
> >I think the new way is to use the "user" option to say what user name
> >to use, and to use a /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file.
> 
> 	OK, so I don't want to use +ua, what's the syntax for the "user"
> option in the PAP-secrets file. Is it something like:
> 
> 	* * <password>
> 	user <username>

No. It's an options-file option. Just say user <username>.

+ua is one method for PAP. It does not support /etc/ppp/pap-secrets.
user is another, and it uses /etc/ppp/pap-secrets. user says what user
name to feed the other side for use with the pap-secrets file.

> 	Last night, after tinkering a bit with my scripts, I succeded in
> getting the chat script to work properly and the following log looks like
> it's trying to establish and configure a link, but something goes amuck.
> 
> pppd-error.log
> 
> Apr  3 21:10:33 homer pppd[106]: pppd 2.3.0 started by root, uid 0
> Apr  3 21:10:50 homer pppd[106]: Serial connection established.
> Apr  3 21:10:51 homer pppd[106]: Using interface ppp0
> Apr  3 21:10:51 homer pppd[106]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/tty00
> Apr  3 21:10:51 homer pppd[106]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <auth pap> <magic
> 0xfcfadef4> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> Apr  3 21:10:51 homer pppd[106]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <auth pap> <magic
> 0xfcfadef4> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> Apr  3 21:10:51 homer pppd[106]: sent [LCP ConfNak id=0x1 <magic 0x179ef9b9>]
> Apr  3 21:10:51 homer pppd[106]: rcvd [LCP ConfNak id=0x1 <magic 0x179ef9b9>]
> Apr  3 21:10:51 homer pppd[106]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <auth pap> <magic
> 0xcf8ea5ed> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> Apr  3 21:10:52 homer pppd[106]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <auth pap> <magic
> 0xcf8ea5ed> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> Apr  3 21:10:52 homer pppd[106]: sent [LCP ConfNak id=0x2 <magic 0xfcabec1a>]
> Apr  3 21:10:52 homer pppd[106]: rcvd [LCP ConfNak id=0x2 <magic 0xfcabec1a>]
> Apr  3 21:10:52 homer pppd[106]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x3 <auth pap> <magic
> 0x842e4f39> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> Apr  3 21:10:52 homer pppd[106]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x3 <auth pap> <magic
> 0x842e4f39> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> Apr  3 21:10:52 homer pppd[106]: sent [LCP ConfNak id=0x3 <magic 0x95b4b59d>]
> Apr  3 21:10:53 homer pppd[106]: rcvd [LCP ConfNak id=0x3 <magic 0x95b4b59d>]
> Apr  3 21:10:53 homer pppd[106]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x4 <auth pap> <magic
> 0x2cbefe2b> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> Apr  3 21:10:53 homer pppd[106]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x4 <auth pap> <magic
> 0x2cbefe2b> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> Apr  3 21:10:53 homer pppd[106]: sent [LCP ConfNak id=0x4 <magic 0xb1ee6bd5>]
> Apr  3 21:10:53 homer pppd[106]: rcvd [LCP ConfNak id=0x4 <magic 0xb1ee6bd5>]
> Apr  3 21:10:53 homer pppd[106]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x5 <auth pap> <magic
> 0x1e72148d> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> Apr  3 21:10:54 homer pppd[106]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x5 <auth pap> <magic
> 0x1e72148d> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> Apr  3 21:10:54 homer pppd[106]: sent [LCP ConfNak id=0x5 <magic 0x53a582a0>]
> Apr  3 21:10:54 homer pppd[106]: rcvd [LCP ConfNak id=0x5 <magic 0x53a582a0>]
> Apr  3 21:10:54 homer pppd[106]: Serial line is looped back.
> Apr  3 21:10:54 homer pppd[106]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x6 4c 6f 6f 70 62 61
> 63 6b 20 64 65 74 65 63 74 65 64]
> Apr  3 21:10:54 homer pppd[106]: rcvd [LCP TermReq id=0x6 4c 6f 6f 70 62 61
> 63 6b 20 64 65 74 65 63 74 65 64]
> Apr  3 21:10:54 homer pppd[106]: sent [LCP TermAck id=0x6]
> Apr  3 21:10:54 homer pppd[106]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x6]
> Apr  3 21:10:54 homer pppd[106]: Connection terminated.
> Apr  3 21:10:57 homer pppd[106]: Terminating on signal 15.
> Apr  3 21:10:58 homer pppd[106]: Serial link disconnected.
> Apr  3 21:11:00 homer pppd[106]: Exit.
> 
> 	What do you make of it? It seems as though my box is sending my ISP
> a whole bunch of config requests, but they're being echoed back. Could this
> be due to the fact that I'm using +ua, and not "user" in pap-secrets? There
> aren't any errors in the chat-log.

Off-hand, I'd say your chat script needs work. Ask your ISP what the
thing's supposed to look like. As the other side seems to be EXACTLY
repeating what you send, it looks like you've got a command prompt.

WAG: try adding "ppp" to the end of the chat script. Thus you'll tell
them you want to use ppp.

Take care,

Bill