Re: [LI] Not connecting to Net-pppd problem

["Rajeev B.S.Rao" <rajeevr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Jeffrey Yep wrote:

Hi Jeff,
  Tell me! Tell me! My upgrade to 6.1 in this respect was a bad move.
However I've figured out, that problem may be with pppd distrabuted with
rh6 and rh6.1. I want to down grade my pppd to the older rh52 version.
Can this be done? 

Rajeev
 

> Hi all, > 
> I was just wondering if anyone got an answer to the mystery why pppd expires
> suddenly after connecting to the net? I'll just repeat the problem for those
> who don't know abt it. I start kppp and dial to Vsnl. Everything is fine I
> give my username and password and the ~ comes and pppd starts and then it
> dies suddenly. Now the ppp-log file gives the following error:-
> 
> Nov 11 20:38:14 host pppd[1436]: The remote system is required to
> authenticate itself but I
> Nov 11 20:38:14 host pppd[1436]: couldn't find any suitable secret
> (password) for it to use to do so.
> 
> Please could someone find the answer to this. I can't figure it out. Also
> the ppp dialer in the Gnome Internet Menu doesn't dial only for reasons I
> don't know. Hoping to get a reply soon.
> 
> Jeff
> 
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