6 Authentication files

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6.1 /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file

A: The PAP protocol is most often implemented as your user name and password. You need to include the name of the remote system, your account name, and the password. If the user on abbot wishes to call costello, the entry would be similar to the following.

   #remote    account    password     IP address list
   *          abbot      firstbase

6.2 /etc/ppp/chap-secrets file A: The most common problem is that people don't recognizethat CHAP deals with a pair of secrets. Both computers involved inthe link must have both secrets to work.

For example, if abbot wants to talk to costello, then abbot's file would have:

   #local      remote         secret        IP address list
   abbot       costello       firstbase
   costello    abbot          who

And costello's file would have:

   #local      remote         secret        IP address list
   abbot       costello       firstbase
   costello    abbot          who

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