On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 21:40 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 11/21/05, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Edit the file /etc/ppp/chap-secrets > > > > Assuming you are trying to log into domain MYDOMAIN, username MYUSER, > > with password MYPW, try this: > > > > # client server secret IP addresses > > MYDOMAIN\\MYUSER PPTP MYPW > > PPTP MYDOMAIN\\MYUSER MYPW > > > > Paul. > > > > Thanks, Paul! I tried both ways- with the pptp at the beggining, and > with it in the middle (as per your example). In the place of MYDOMAIN > I put the IP address for the university. However, now I can't even > authenticate the password: > Remote message: Password validation failure > PAP authentication failed You're still allowing PAP auth; you must refuse all auth types except chap-msv2: refuse-pap refuse-eap refuse-chap > Modem hangup > > I tried like this: > # Secrets for authentication using CHAP > # client server secret IP addresses > 132.68.254.109\\sdotan PPTP password > > And like this: > # Secrets for authentication using CHAP > # client server secret IP addresses > PPTP 132.68.254.109\\sdotan password > > I also talked to one of the people at the university and he said that > if I can't connect via pptp then I could via l2tp. I'm googling for > that now, but in any case I'd like to get this working. Thanks. If the University isn't using windows-style domains, skip the domain part and try just the username and password. Put both directions in the secrets file at the same time; the "wrong" one won't cause breakage: # Secrets for authentication using CHAP # client server secret IP addresses sdotan PPTP password PPTP sdotan password Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
