Task |
Description |
For Instructions |
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1. Assign CHAP secrets to all trusted callers |
Create, or have the callers create, their CHAP secrets. | |
2. Create the chap-secrets database |
Add the security credentials for all trusted callers to the /etc/ppp/chap-secrets file. | |
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 |
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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. | |
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) |