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From: evanh@sco.COM (Evan Hunt)
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Subject: Re: PPP on ORS - Why is it so hard to use?
Date: 28 May 1999 18:58:42 GMT
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Don't blame me, I voted for Ken Wolff <kenw@dmg-grsd.com>.
>The second is to an ISP we are migrating to (because service from the ISP
>mentioned above sucks).  This ISP uses CHAP.  How do I configure this under
>OSR505?  I've spent the last week trying this.  

SCO PPP: Add "name=<username>" to /etc/ppphosts.  Add "<name> <password>"
to /etc/pppauth (or with some ISPs, including MCI and ATT/Worldnet, you
need to put in a wildcard name, "* <password>").  That's all you
have to do; CHAP will be turned on by the ISP during initial
negotiation.

MST PPP: Almost the same.  Add "name <username>" to /usr/lib/mstppp/Autostart.
Add "<name> <password>" or "* <password>" to /usr/lib/mstppp/Auth.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Some NT RAS systems will require not just CHAP, but
Microsoft CHAP, which is similar but uses a different encryption/hashing
algorithm.  SCO PPP does not support that protocol yet (but it will in
5.0.6).  MST PPP supports it already.

So if the ISP requires Microsft CHAP, you will have to use MST PPP,
and you will probably have to use the "* <password>" form for your Auth
file, on account of NT does stupid things with the name field in
MS-CHAP challenges.

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