pptpd error

hello,
I have a PC with FC 3 ( kernel 2.6.9.1-667 and I have installated the pptpd
v1.2.1
I have two problems :
1)I am not able to start the services automaticalu when the PC start, I use
the utility ntsysv, I enable the option pptpd , I restart the PC but the
services doesn't start
2) I start manualy the service, pptpd -f but when I try to connect with
Windows machine I found this problem:
usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself
/usr/sbin/pppd: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for
it to use to do so
I don't any chances to the option files.
Can you help me ?
bye

In article <sRO9e.807835$b5.35839658@news3.tin.it>, Gio67 wrote:
> 2) I start manualy the service, pptpd -f but when I try to connect with
> Windows machine I found this problem:
> usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself
> /usr/sbin/pppd: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for
> it to use to do so

you propably need to configure pppd. Read the manual of pppd (man pppd),
it has a piece on authentication.

Alexander

On 07 May 2005 18:57:38 GMT, Alexander van der Leun wrote:

> In article <sRO9e.807835$b5.35839658@news3.tin.it>, Gio67 wrote:
>> 2) I start manualy the service, pptpd -f but when I try to connect with
>> Windows machine I found this problem:
>> usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself
>> /usr/sbin/pppd: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for
>> it to use to do so
>
> you propably need to configure pppd. Read the manual of pppd (man pppd),
> it has a piece on authentication.
>
> Alexander

If you are using pptpd on a linux system via the poptop server, you need to
set a username/password combo on the server in /etc/ppp/chap-secrets I
believe. There is a format that has to be obeyed within the file and there
are samples on the poptop website. You also have to get encryption working
on the linux box if you don't already.

Just as a note, I moved on past poptop/pptp to openvpn awhile ago. Openvpn
is a very secure and easy to setup vpn service which can use a variety of
authentication mechanisms including pre-shared static keys and full-on SSL.
There is a very nice win32 client which will optionally launch openvpn as a
windows service.


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