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

[Stephen Tan]

I have had this exact problem. I have a chap file on both my client and
server. It doesn't want to know. I gave up on this  a LONG time ago. 

Life is too short. However, if anyone else can get this working please let
me know!!

Stephen Tan (ITF sysadmin)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Cowles, Steve [SMTP:Steve.Cowles at gte.net]
> Sent:	Monday, February 14, 2000 9:49 PM
> To:	'pptp-server at lists.schulte.org'
> 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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