Re: tlug: PAP and CHAP

[Jason Molenda <crash@example.com>]

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tlug note from Jason Molenda <crash@example.com>
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> tlug note from "Alan B. Stone" <stoneab@example.com>

> I downloaded and installed ezppp today.  However, although it works
> great for my one ISP it still doesn't help me get connected to AT&T Net.
> 
> The people at AT&T refuse to help me, since I am not running Windows 95.
> I could really use some help on getting my system set up to connect
> using the CHAP or PAP.



They are correct--as soon as you're looking at chat scripts with
things matching for "login:", you're going down the wrong path.

PAP and CHAP, as I understand it, work outside this chat-script approach.

Win95 uses PAP or CHAP, which is why you can just enter a login-name
and password and it'll log right in.

It seems that the most likely place for this information on your Linux
system is /etc/ppp (? /etc/pppd?), a filename something like
"chap-secrets".  There was a discussion about the format of this file
on the list about a week ago.  Put your AT&T account password &
login-name in that file, and you'll log straight in.


# Disclaimer, I really don't know anything about how this all works, but
# it comes up often enough that I think I've memorized the answer :-)

Jason
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