On Thu, 06 Sep 2001, Cheryl Homiak <chomiak@shellworld.net> wrote: > Ok, first I tried going into the ppp/options file and setting a debug > level but that didn't put any more information into syslog. When I tried That must be because messages with the debug priority aren't configured to be written to /var/log/syslog. Look whether you have something like /var/log/debug or /var/log/ppp where those messages might already have been redirected. If all else should fail add this line to your syslog.conf: daemon.debug -/var/log/ppp.log (note: the pppd manpage says debug logs to daemon.debug but for some reason it logs to local2.debug on my system, so it might also be the case for you.) > typing pppd debug I was told "the remote system is required to > authenticate itself but I couldn't find a suitable secret password for it > to do so. None of the available passwords would let it use an ip > address." If this is talking about my password with ameritech.net, I > checked what I have in pap-secrets and it's the one ameritech claims is my > password, though it's not the one I tried to put it in the system so it > must be a default one. Any more ideas? I do try to research things and > read info and man pages, but if you tell me to do something it might be > wise to tell me how to do it. Thanks. > One thought: is the dsl system completely separate from the ppp/dialup > system? If not, I was wondering if I could try accessing it through the > access number by ppp to see if my user id and password really work. The That would be a very good thing to do, since so far the connection itself seems to work fine, it seems the authentication process might be where things go amiss. > interesting thing is that when I try sending email to my supposed new > email address, I get it back as undeliverable. Maybe they don't activate > your email until you actually log in for the first time? I don't know. Maybe... But still, that sounds suspicious, usually your e-mail address should be deliverable as soon as your account is set up. > > Cheryl > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list