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164 lines
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YAWMPPP FAQ
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$Id: FAQ,v 1.2 2001/04/21 18:29:33 bergo Exp $
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1 Generic
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1.1 How can I see what is going on with my connection ?
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1.2 Nothing happens when I hit the "V" button.
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1.3 Yawmppp/pppd complain about not having root privileges.
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1.4 Why doesn't it shows with the NeXTSTEP(tm) look
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in my system as it does in the screenshots ?
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1.X Where can I get more info ?
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2 Specific
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2.1 How do I setup PAP/CHAP ?
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2.2 My modem dials, connects, but hangs up some seconds later.
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What is happening ?
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Q1.1: How can I see what is going on with my connection ?
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A1.1: The ppp daemon throws lots of logging information (if asked to),
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but some of this information may get lost.
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Change your /etc/syslog.conf file so that is has a line
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daemon,local2.debug,daemon.notice /etc/ppp/log
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(the separation is made out of *tabs*, NOT spaces!)
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and create a zero-sized log file:
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touch /etc/ppp/log
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Then restart the syslog daemon (e.g.: send a SIGHUP to it as root).
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Then enable the debug and kdebug options at yawmppp.pref's PPP options
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notebook page.
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The log file should give more information than you actually need.
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Even if you don't want to change your logging configuration, some of
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pppd's log output may go to /var/log/messages.
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Q1.2: Nothing happens when I hit the "V" button.
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A1.2: The pppd daemon requires root privileges to run. The solution here is
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to set the setuid bit on pppd's executable:
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chmod 4755 `which pppd`
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You must run this as root. Notice that the quotes are backticks.
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Q1.3: Yawmppp/pppd complain about not having root privileges.
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A1.3: Maybe you're trying a noauth connection with a non-setuid pppd. If you
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really need to keep pppd non-setuid root, add the
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noauth
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line to your
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/etc/ppp/options
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file.
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Q1.4: Why doesn't it shows with the NeXTSTEP(tm) look
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in my system as it does in the screenshots ?
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A1.4: The GTK+ GUI toolkit allows themeing. It means that you may turn
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your GTK+ applications to look like Macintosh(tm), Aqua(tm),
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NeXT(tm) or whatever you want. Even Windows(tm) if you're sick
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enough for it.
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You can make your themes or download ready ones (faster).
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There are lots of GTK+ themes at
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http://gtk.themes.org
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You can browse documentation on how to add the themes at the same
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site. To use gtk.themes.org pixmap themes you'll probably need
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the gtk-engines and imlib packages, you can find them perusing
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the site.
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The NeXT look seen in the screenshots at yawmppp.seul.org is
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provided by the Xenophilia engine:
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http://www.obsession.se/johan/gtk.html
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(if this link ever gets broken, search for Xenophilia at
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freshmeat.net)
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Q1.X: Where can I get more info ?
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A1.X: You can read the PPP-HOWTO and ISP-Hookup-HOWTO from the LDP
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(Linux Documentation Project), available from
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http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/
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(Linux distributions may have it installed under /usr/doc/HOWTO)
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You can also read the ppp FAQ that comes with ppp's source, which
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can be downloaded from:
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ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp
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Q2.1: How do I setup PAP/CHAP ?
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A2.1: PAP and CHAP are authentication protocols and some ISPs require them to
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be used. Their purpose is to confirm identity throughout the connection.
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Unless you're afraid of someone tapping your phone line and transmitting
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"bogus" data through YOUR PPP link, you should not worry about it, unless
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your ISP does.
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First, you'll have to set yawmppp.pref's local PPP options on your
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ISP entry to reflect the desired behaviour about CHAP/PAP.
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If your ISP doesn't even present a login prompt, you'll want to
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check the "don't generate login/password pairs" in the "More Settings"
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dialog.
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Then, as root, edit /etc/ppp/chap-secrets and/or /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
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as desired.
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The ppp FAQ (included in the source distribution of ppp) tells the nitty
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gritty, but basically you'll have a set of lines, one for each ISP that
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reads like this:
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username * password
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where username is your username, password is your password. The
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first * means the server (any) and the second * means the allowed IPs
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(any). The log output of ppp may help you if you still can't get a
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conection. Read Q1.1 for instructions to get the most of ppp's log.
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Q2.2: My modem dials, connects, but hangs up some seconds later.
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What is happening ?
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A2.2: There are several possibilities, which you will only be sure by reading the
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logs. Here they are:
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1. bad login/password, or your ISP is under maintenance and refused login
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2. the ISP required CHAP/PAP authentication and you either didn't have
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a proper secret to give in the secret files (read Q2.1), or
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has the refuse-chap/refuse-pap options on, or had a bad (wrong) secret.
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If this is the case, asking help from your ISP is a good idea.
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3. your ISP is taking too long to answer for the initial PPP requests.
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It may be busy, buggy, bad configured, or gone BSOD (Q2.3).
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You can try setting on the "passive" option or increase the
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lcp-max-configure number.
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