Managing Serial Networks Using UUCP and PPP in Oracle® Solaris 11.2

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

Setting Up CHAP Authentication (Task Maps)

Table 5-4  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.
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.
Table 5-5  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.
2. Modify the PPP configuration files
Add options specific to CHAP to the /etc/ppp/options file.