Running Linux, 5th Edition by Matthias Kalle Dalheimer & Matt Welsh

Author:Matthias Kalle Dalheimer & Matt Welsh
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: COMPUTERS / Operating Systems / Linux
ISBN: 9780596105037
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Published: 2009-02-09T02:00:00+00:00

# Secrets for authentication using PAP

# client server secret IP or Domain

mdw * my-password

The first field is your system's name as expected by the remote system—usually your ISP username. The second field specifies the ISP's server name; an asterisk allows this entry to match all ISP servers to which you might connect. The third field specifies the shared secret provided by your ISP; as stated earlier, this is usually your ISP password. The fourth field is primarily used by PPP servers to limit the IP addresses to which users dialing in have access. These addresses can be specified as either IP addresses or domain names. For most PPP client configurations, however, this field is not required.

The chap-secrets file has the same four fields, but you need to include an entry other than * for the service provider's system; this is a secret the ISP shares with you when you establish the account.

If PAP or CHAP is being used, it's not necessary for the chat script to include handshaking information after CONNECT is received; pppd will take care of the rest. Therefore, you can edit /etc/ppp/my-chat-script to contain only the following lines:

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