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[Ken Martwick <kenm AT efn.org>]

It is a login dialog.  The "pppsetup" script from Slackware 3.5 works
fine but it won't run on BL3 because it wants bash.  I even tried to
edit it to "/bin/sh" but was then told that I wasn't root! Will try
the new BL3-02.
Ken

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Ken wrote:
> >
> > It would seem that the connection is made but "pppd" is
> > not negotiating successfully.
>
> The most common reason for that is an authenication problem.
> Does your ISP use PAP/CHAP or a login dialog?  If you are
> not sure, you can use microcom to dial your ISP and see if
> you get a dialog.
>
> > Could I need another version of pppd?
>
> Perhaps.  Sindi had a problem with the current pppd (but it
> was different problem than yours).  The more advanced version
> of pppd (from Slackware 4.0) will be in version 3.02, which
> will be out in a few days.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
>
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