Red Hat Linux 6.1 is having problems getting connected with AT&T Worldnet. While using the instructions on the following web pages to set up a ppp script (http://www.wurd.com/wurd/software/dialers/linux.html) and KPPP (http://www.wurd.com/wurd/software/dialers/linux_kppp.htm), I have been unsuccessful to connec to AT&T. The message I get when I do a tail to /var/log/messages is: Oct 27 15:58:29 gator chat[741]: CONNECT Oct 27 15:58:29 gator chat[741]: -- got it Oct 27 15:58:29 gator chat[741]: send (^M) Oct 27 15:58:29 gator pppd[740]: Serial connection established. Oct 27 15:58:29 gator pppd[740]: Using interface ppp0 Oct 27 15:58:29 gator pppd[740]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem Oct 27 15:58:48 gator pppd[740]: Remote message: Authentication Failed(PAP) Oct 27 15:58:48 gator pppd[740]: CHAP authentication failed Oct 27 15:58:54 gator pppd[740]: Connection terminated. Oct 27 15:58:55 gator pppd[740]: Exit. I took a spare hard disk and installed a clean copy of Red Hat Linux 6.0 and was able to connect to AT&T using the same scripts and kppp configuration I tried to use in Red Hat Linux 6.1 I tried to use the ppp script, KPPP and RP3 on Red Hat Linux 6.1 Your help on this matter is greatly appreciated. Joseph
The "noauth" flag might help here. You can test it with the following command: echo "PPPOPTIONS=noauth" >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 We're about to release a new version of initscripts that adds the "noauth" flag automatically and so will probably help in this case, at least with rp3.
I have been talking to the author of pppd about what the right thing is to do in this case. Our next release of initscripts will probably avoid this problem altogether by removing the default route automatically if the default route option is selected.
Oops, forgot to close this earlier, sorry. Fixed in our current initscripts errata update.