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>>I have a free isp account, they suply "an small program" to users to login
>>under w98. When i login the connection box says the CHAP is used, so i went to
>>linux but realized that
>>in chap-secrets file the remote name and password are needed, but i have no way
>in chap-secrets
>username * password *
>You must know your username and your password.
>They may demand that your username be in some special form

>>I have a free isp account, they suply "an small program" to users to login
>>under w98. When i login the connection box says the CHAP is used, so i went to
>>linux but realized that
>>in chap-secrets file the remote name and password are needed, but i have no way
>>to find them out (the support guys are useless coz they know nothing but
>>windoze98).
>>So if i can login under w98 using CHAP, then there must be a way to do it under
>>linux, right?
>>----------
>>You have saved our lives, we are eternally grateful!

>This is how I did it:

>1) Make sure the debug option is specified when starting pppd (perhaps in
>   /etc/ppp/options.  This will log packets thru syslog (man pppd).

>2) Make sure there is a suitable entry in /etc/syslog.conf for facility daemon,
>   level debug.  For example the following extract from my syslog.conf causes
>   the messages to able to be viewed in xconsole:

>   daemon.*;mail.*;\
>    news.crit;news.err;news.notice;\
>    *.=debug;*.=info;\
>    *.=notice;*.=warn       |/dev/xconsole

>3) Start up xconsole (if that's what you're using to view the messages), then
>   start pppd to dial to your ISP.

>4) You should be able to see the CHAP challenge from the remote host after
>   the connexion is made.  Extract the host name from the message and insert
>   your username (to the ISP) the remote hostname, and the password you chose
>   (or your ISP provided) and put these in your chap-secrets file.  The remote
>   host you connect to may vary between sessions.  I just added a separate
>   chap-secrets line for each hostname I saw.

>5) Your ISP probably won't authenticate itself, so specify the noauth option
>   to pppd, use the user option to identify yourself to the ISP, and start
>   pppd again.  You should now be able to authenticate yourself using CHAP.

>>>I have a free isp account, they suply "an small program" to users to login
>>>under w98. When i login the connection box says the CHAP is used, so i went to
>>>linux but realized that
>>>in chap-secrets file the remote name and password are needed, but i have no way
>>>to find them out (the support guys are useless coz they know nothing but
>>>windoze98).
>>>So if i can login under w98 using CHAP, then there must be a way to do it under
>>>linux, right?
>>>----------
>>>You have saved our lives, we are eternally grateful!

>>This is how I did it:

>>1) Make sure the debug option is specified when starting pppd (perhaps in
>>   /etc/ppp/options.  This will log packets thru syslog (man pppd).

>>2) Make sure there is a suitable entry in /etc/syslog.conf for facility daemon,
>>   level debug.  For example the following extract from my syslog.conf causes
>>   the messages to able to be viewed in xconsole:

>>   daemon.*;mail.*;\
>>        news.crit;news.err;news.notice;\
>>        *.=debug;*.=info;\
>>        *.=notice;*.=warn       |/dev/xconsole

>>3) Start up xconsole (if that's what you're using to view the messages), then
>>   start pppd to dial to your ISP.

>>4) You should be able to see the CHAP challenge from the remote host after
>>   the connexion is made.  Extract the host name from the message and insert
>>   your username (to the ISP) the remote hostname, and the password you chose
>>   (or your ISP provided) and put these in your chap-secrets file.  The remote
>>   host you connect to may vary between sessions.  I just added a separate
>>   chap-secrets line for each hostname I saw.

>>5) Your ISP probably won't authenticate itself, so specify the noauth option
>>   to pppd, use the user option to identify yourself to the ISP, and start
>>   pppd again.  You should now be able to authenticate yourself using CHAP.
>I thinks i still need some more asistence here...:)
>I've discover the remotename, but it seems that the remote won't take my userid as a valide one, please see below:
>-------------------------------------------------------
>Serial connection established.
>Using interface ppp0
>Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
>sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x545cd29e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
>rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 < 00 04 00 00> <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5> <pcomp> <accomp> < 11 04 05 f4> < 13 09 03 00 c0 7b 91 2c 45>]
>sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 < 00 04 00 00> < 11 04 05 f4> < 13 09 03 00 c0 7b 91 2c 45>]
>rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5> <pcomp> <accomp>]
>sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5> <pcomp> <accomp>]
>sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x545cd29e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
>rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x545cd29e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
>rcvd [CHAP Challenge id=0x1 <06fd4fd79de3df84888d0e6f5e597da8>, name = "tnttlpg1-1"]
>sent [CHAP Response id=0x1 <fe3a38a7ce0f123949d032b13d47c86e>, name = "myuserid"]
>rcvd [CHAP Failure id=0x1 "\016Request Denied"]
>Remote message: ^NRequest Denied
>CHAP authentication failed
>sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "Failed to authenticate ourselves to peer"]
>rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x2]
>Connection terminated.
>----------------------------------------------------------
>and here is my options and chat files...

>------------options-----------------
>debug
>remotename  tnttlpg1-1
>user        myuserid
>/dev/ttyS1
>115200
>modem
>crtscts
>lock
>connect /etc/ppp/net-connect
>usepeerdns
>asyncmap 0
>defaultroute
>noauth
>:
>---------end options-------------

>----------net-connect------------
>#!/bin/sh
>/usr/sbin/chat -v -t 60 -f /etc/ppp/net-chat
>---------end net-connect---------

>---------net-chat---------------
>ABORT           '\nBUSY\r'
>ABORT           '\nNO ANSWER\r'
>ABORT           '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r'
>ABORT               '\nNO CARRIER\r'
>""        AT&F\r
>OK  AT&D2&C1L0\r
>OK  ATDTXXXXXXXX\r
>CONNECT     '\d\c'
>:--:        myuserid
>word:       mypassword
>------------end net-chat-----------------

>------------chap-secrets----------------
>myuserid    tnttlpg1-1      mypassword
>------------end chap-secrets------------

>Any suggestion?

> >>In article <200007241804.e6OI4Ap18...@mercurio.feedback.net.ar>,
macefindu wrote

> >>>I have a free isp account, they suply "an small program" to users
to login
> >>>under w98. When i login the connection box says the CHAP is used,
so i went to
> >>>linux but realized that
> >>>in chap-secrets file the remote name and password are needed, but
i have no way
> >>>to find them out (the support guys are useless coz they know
nothing but
> >>>windoze98).
> >>>So if i can login under w98 using CHAP, then there must be a way
to do it under
> >>>linux, right?
> >>>----------
> >>>You have saved our lives, we are eternally grateful!

> >>This is how I did it:

> >>1) Make sure the debug option is specified when starting pppd
(perhaps in
> >>   /etc/ppp/options.  This will log packets thru syslog (man pppd).

> >>2) Make sure there is a suitable entry in /etc/syslog.conf for
facility daemon,
> >>   level debug.  For example the following extract from my
syslog.conf causes
> >>   the messages to able to be viewed in xconsole:

> >>   daemon.*;mail.*;\
> >>           news.crit;news.err;news.notice;\
> >>           *.=debug;*.=info;\
> >>           *.=notice;*.=warn       |/dev/xconsole

> >>3) Start up xconsole (if that's what you're using to view the
messages), then
> >>   start pppd to dial to your ISP.

> >>4) You should be able to see the CHAP challenge from the remote
host after
> >>   the connexion is made.  Extract the host name from the message
and insert
> >>   your username (to the ISP) the remote hostname, and the password
you chose
> >>   (or your ISP provided) and put these in your chap-secrets file.
The remote
> >>   host you connect to may vary between sessions.  I just added a
separate
> >>   chap-secrets line for each hostname I saw.

> >>5) Your ISP probably won't authenticate itself, so specify the
noauth option
> >>   to pppd, use the user option to identify yourself to the ISP,
and start
> >>   pppd again.  You should now be able to authenticate yourself
using CHAP.
> >I thinks i still need some more asistence here...:)
> >I've discover the remotename, but it seems that the remote won't

> >------------options-----------------
> >debug
> >remotename     tnttlpg1-1
> >user   myuserid
> >/dev/ttyS1
> >115200
> >modem
> >crtscts
> >lock
> >connect /etc/ppp/net-connect
> >usepeerdns
> >asyncmap 0
> >defaultroute
> >noauth
> >:
> >---------end options-------------

> >----------net-connect------------
> >#!/bin/sh
> >/usr/sbin/chat -v -t 60 -f /etc/ppp/net-chat
> >---------end net-connect---------

> >---------net-chat---------------
> >ABORT           '\nBUSY\r'
> >ABORT           '\nNO ANSWER\r'
> >ABORT           '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r'
> >ABORT          '\nNO CARRIER\r'
> >""   AT&F\r
> >OK     AT&D2&C1L0\r
> >OK     ATDTXXXXXXXX\r
> >CONNECT        '\d\c'
> >:--:   myuserid
> >word:  mypassword
> >------------end net-chat-----------------

> >------------chap-secrets----------------
> >myuserid       tnttlpg1-1      mypassword
> >------------end chap-secrets------------

> >Any suggestion?

> As far as I can see, your configuration files look OK.  I presume
> you're sure that you're specifying the correct username and password?

> You could try to see if you can connect using PAP by commenting out
the entry
> in the chap-secrets file and adding an entry for PAP in the PAP
secrets file.
> Choose a name for the remote end, e.g. "my_isp" and change your entry
in
> ppp/options to "remotename my_isp".  The PAP entry would also refer
to my_isp.

> Even if this doesn't solve the problem, the log data from pppd might
help.

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