[ale] pppd problem

Eric eric at compgen.com
Tue Jul 30 17:33:22 EDT 1996


The problem is right there.  your chat script expects 'name:'.  The
terminal server is sending 'login:' instead.  You need to substitute the
"name:" ppp 

line in your chat script with:

"login:"	al
"password:"	alspasswd
"Option:"	P


-Eric.

root at aleach-pc.cisco.com writes:
 > 
 > I'm trying to setup a Linux box as a ppp 'client', to connect to an ISP 
 > and having some trouble...  Do the following errors point to a particular 
 > problem?  I'm new to ppp with Linux, and don't know where to start to get 
 > this to work.
 > 
 > Errors:
 > -------
 > Jul 30 12:21:11 aleach-pc syslog: Warning - secret file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets has world and/or group access
 > Jul 30 12:21:11 aleach-pc pppd[1011]: pppd 2.1.2 started by root, uid 0
 > Jul 30 12:21:12 aleach-pc chat[1012]: timeout set to 5 seconds
 > Jul 30 12:21:12 aleach-pc chat[1012]: send (ATZ^M) 
 > Jul 30 12:21:12 aleach-pc chat[1012]: expect (OK) 
 > Jul 30 12:21:12 aleach-pc chat[1012]: NO CARRIER^M 
 > Jul 30 12:21:12 aleach-pc chat[1012]: ATZ^M^M 
 > Jul 30 12:21:12 aleach-pc chat[1012]: OK -- got it 
 > Jul 30 12:21:12 aleach-pc chat[1012]: send (ATDT95475800^M) 
 > Jul 30 12:21:13 aleach-pc chat[1012]: abort on (NO CARRIER) 
 > Jul 30 12:21:13 aleach-pc chat[1012]: abort on (BUSY) 
 > Jul 30 12:21:13 aleach-pc chat[1012]: abort on (NO DIALTONE) 
 > Jul 30 12:21:13 aleach-pc chat[1012]: abort on (WAITING) 
 > Jul 30 12:21:13 aleach-pc chat[1012]: timeout set to 45 seconds
 > Jul 30 12:21:13 aleach-pc chat[1012]: expect (CONNECT) 
 > Jul 30 12:21:13 aleach-pc chat[1012]: ^M 
 > Jul 30 12:21:34 aleach-pc chat[1012]: ATDT95475800^M^M 
 > Jul 30 12:21:34 aleach-pc chat[1012]: CONNECT -- got it 
 > Jul 30 12:21:34 aleach-pc chat[1012]: send (^M) 
 > Jul 30 12:21:34 aleach-pc chat[1012]: timeout set to 5 seconds
 > Jul 30 12:21:34 aleach-pc chat[1012]: expect (name:) 
 > Jul 30 12:21:34 aleach-pc chat[1012]:  24000/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS^M 
 > Jul 30 12:21:36 aleach-pc chat[1012]: ^M 
 > Jul 30 12:21:36 aleach-pc chat[1012]: ^M 
 > Jul 30 12:21:36 aleach-pc chat[1012]:          Welcome to the Universities of North Carolina Internet Access^M 
 > Jul 30 12:21:36 aleach-pc chat[1012]: ^M 
 > Jul 30 12:21:36 aleach-pc last message repeated 3 times
 > Jul 30 12:21:36 aleach-pc chat[1012]: Host:pm02-nccu Port:8^M 
 > Jul 30 12:21:36 aleach-pc chat[1012]: ^M 
 > Jul 30 12:21:39 aleach-pc chat[1012]: login:
 > Jul 30 12:21:39 aleach-pc pppd[1011]: could not set up connection
 > Jul 30 12:21:39 aleach-pc pppd[1011]: Exit.
 > Jul 30 12:21:39 aleach-pc chat[1012]: alarm
 > Jul 30 12:21:39 aleach-pc chat[1012]: Failed
 > 
 > 
 > Command:
 > --------
 > exec pppd connect \
 > 	'chat -v -f /etc/ppp/chatscript' \
 > 	-detach crtscts modem defaultroute \
 > 	user aleach.ncsu \
 > 	/dev/modem 38400
 > 
 > 
 > /etc/ppp/chatscript:
 > --------------------
 > TIMEOUT 5
 > '' ATZ
 > OK ATDT95475800
 > ABORT 'NO CARRIER'
 > ABORT BUSY
 > ABORT 'NO DIALTONE'
 > ABORT WAITING
 > TIMEOUT 45
 > CONNECT ""
 > TIMEOUT 5
 > "name:" ppp
 > 
 > 
 > I find myself wondering if the problem is the fact that the ISP I'm 
 > connecting to (MCI) has a login screen which looks like:
 > 
 > >	Welcome to the Universities of North Carolina Internet Access
 > >
 > >
 > >Host:pm02-nccu Port:4
 > >
 > >login:
 > 
 > and once the proper userid and password are provided, the following menu 
 > is presented:
 > 
 > >Please enter an option:
 > >
 > >T	Telnet to anywhere
 > >
 > >F     *Frequently Asked Questions
 > >B	Check account balance
 > >W	Change password
 > >S	Begin SLIP session
 > >P	Begin PPP session
 > >X	Log out
 > >
 > >NOTE: Options marked with * are under construction.
 > >
 > >Option:
 > 
 > I _can_ connect successfully using minicom, just not with pppd...
 > 
 > Windows95 has no problem establishing a PPP connection - so I know it's 
 > possible, I just don't know how to get Linux to do it...  I suspect I 
 > need to configure it to send a "P" to select PPP connection (although, 
 > again, Windows95 takes care of this somehow - clearly it's not sending a 
 > "P"...).
 > 
 > Details:
 > HP Vectra XM
 > P133
 > 8Meg RAM
 > ~850Meg HD partition
 > USRobotics Sportster 28.8
 > RedHat 3.0.3/1.2.13 kernel
 > 
 > I'm trying to do this because I'm going to be setting up a Linux box as a 
 > ppp server, and I figured I'd get familiar with ppp the 'easy' (i.e. more 
 > common) way first - but I can't even get this working!  Any references 
 > to info regarding setting up Linux as a ppp 'server' would also be very 
 > much appreciated.
 > 
 > TIA for any help/suggestions.
 > 
 > - Al Leach
 > (aleach at cc.gatech.edu, aleach at cisco.com)






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