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

[Stephen Tan]

Tried it to no avail. 

Still the same 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.

Stephen Tan


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Neale Banks [SMTP:neale at lowendale.com.au]
> Sent:	Tuesday, February 15, 2000 11:47 AM
> To:	Cowles, Steve
> Cc:	'pptp-server at lists.schulte.org'
> Subject:	Re: [pptp-server] pptp client and poptop (Am I going crazy)
> 
> On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Cowles, Steve wrote:
> 
> [...]
> > 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.
> 
> Have you tried pppd's "noauth" option (on the pptp-linux side - you REALLY
> do NOT want this on the PoPToP side)?
> 
> HTH,
> Neale.
> 
> 
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