From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBEB12EFC6 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2001 10:10:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id f86E5nn12206 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Thu, 6 Sep 2001 10:05:49 -0400 Received: from tak.net.dhis.org (bhd9-s3.mtl.colba.net [207.107.207.13]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id f86E5lg12201 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2001 10:05:47 -0400 Received: from theanaloguekid by tak.net.dhis.org with local (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15ezrl-0002Ae-00 for ; Thu, 06 Sep 2001 10:10:49 -0400 Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 10:10:49 -0400 To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: problems connecting to ameritech.net dsl: debugging trtried Message-ID: <20010906101049.A8216@tak.net.dhis.org> Mail-Followup-To: blinux-list@redhat.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i From: "S. Massy" X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Thu, 06 Sep 2001, Cheryl Homiak 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 mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list