[pptp-server] pptp client and poptop (Am I going crazy)

[tmk]

in pptp linux, BOTH sides need a chap-secrets file to authenticate.. so if
you dont have a chap-secrets file on the pptp side, make one. I have never
used the pptp client personally, but i have seen this problem a few times so
far on this list.

Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: Cowles, Steve <Steve.Cowles at gte.net>
To: <pptp-server at lists.schulte.org>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 1:49 PM
Subject: [pptp-server] pptp client and poptop (Am I going crazy)


> Ok, I'm already bald... so I can't loose any more hair. I have been
> successful in setting up Poptop along with all the pppd patches for 2.3.10
> and have successfully connected to the my Poptop server (behind a linux
> based firewall) using my Laptop running NT 4.0 (SP6). All services (across
> the tunnel) work just fine, NetBios, network neighborhood, Outlook with
> Exchange server, proxyarp. I could not be happier.
>
> Now I would like to connect another linux box to this same server using
pptp
> client. I have referenced the link on the Poptop website, but all I get is
> the stupid message
>
> /usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system (defiant) is required to authenticate
> itself but I
> /usr/sbin/pppd: couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use
> to do so.
>
> This is driving me crazy. I have tried every conceivable combination in
the
> chap-secrets file I can think of along with every pppd option from the man
> pages. In browsing through the poptop archives I found a few posts where
> people were having the same problem, but no definitive response.
>
> I guess my question is... Is there anyone "successfully" using the pptp
> client (1.0.2)? If so, could you please post your options and chap-secrets
> file or point me in the right direction. I'm about to go back to setting
up
> an IPIP tunnel which works fine from both linux boxes.
>
>
> Sorry for ranting, I'm just a man possessed in making this work.
>
> Steve Cowles
>
> ============ pptp client invocations =========
> ./pptp defiant name cowles\\scowles remotename defiant
> ./pptp defiant name voyager user cowles\\scowles remotename defiant
>
> I have tried a million combinations of above.
>
> ======= My chap-secrets file =========
> # Secrets for authentication using CHAP
> # client        server  secret                  IP addresses
> cowles\\scowles  defiant password
> COWLES\\scowles  defiant password
> scowles  defiant password
>
> ======= My options file ==============
> lock
> refuse-pap
> require-chap
> require-chapms
> require-chapms-v2
> mppe-40
> mppe-128
> mppe-stateless
>
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