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System Administration Guide: Network Services

Setting Up CHAP Authentication (Task Maps)

Table 19–4 Task Map for CHAP Authentication (Dial-in Server)


Task	Description	For Instructions
1. Assign CHAP secrets to all trusted callers	Create, or have the callers create, their CHAP secrets.	How to Create a CHAP Credentials Database (Dial-in Server)
2. Create the chap-secrets database	Add the security credentials for all trusted callers to the `/etc/ppp/chap-secrets` file.	How to Create a CHAP Credentials Database (Dial-in Server)
3. Modify the PPP configuration files	Add options specific to CHAP to the `/etc/ppp/options` and `/etc/ppp/peers/peer-name` files.	How to Add CHAP Support to the PPP Configuration Files (Dial-in Server)

Table 19–5 Task Map for CHAP Authentication (Dial-out Machine)


Task	Description	For Instructions
1. Create the CHAP database for the trusted caller's machine	Create the security credentials for the trusted caller and, if necessary, security credentials for other users who call the dial-out machine, in `/etc/ppp/chap-secrets`.	How to Create a CHAP Credentials Database (Dial-in Server)
2. Modify the PPP configuration files	Add options specific to CHAP to the `/etc/ppp/options` file.	How to Add CHAP Support to the PPP Configuration Files (Dial-out Machine)

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