36398 – kppp doesn't connect if 'auth' is set in the /etc/ppp/option

Bug 36398 - kppp doesn't connect if 'auth' is set in the /etc/ppp/option

Summary: kppp doesn't connect if 'auth' is set in the /etc/ppp/option

Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] KDE (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High blocker
Assignee:	Gentoo KDE team

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Reported:	2003-12-23 15:07 UTC by Francesco Pretto
Modified:	2004-02-12 11:29 UTC (History)
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Description Francesco Pretto 2003-12-23 15:07:34 UTC

the bug (and reason, and possibile resolution):

kppp doesn't connect if 'auth' is set in the /etc/ppp/option. These are the errors:

Dec 23 13:05:35 [pppd] The remote system is required to authenticate itself
Dec 23 13:05:35 [pppd] but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so.
Dec 23 13:05:35 [pppd] (None of the available passwords would let it use an IP address.)


This is a default in some distro, the option 'noauth' should be given to the specific peer. Solutions: give noauth to every connection created with kppp, OR do a chech 'auth' in the dialog setup

REPRODUCIBLE: Always

Version of the software: 2.1.2-any, kde 3.1.4

Step to reproduce: Above notes should be sufficient

I think this bug should be sent to the kde upstream.

Yes, my english is evil too...

Comment 1 Chuck Brewer 2004-01-20 20:59:45 UTC

They're not going to fix this as its a part of their FAQ on the kppp site.
http://devel-home.kde.org/~kppp/faq.html

Comment 2 Heinrich Wendel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-02-12 11:29:04 UTC

so this is an upstream bug, which most likely will no be fixed