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Managing Serial Networks Using UUCP and PPP in Oracle® Solaris 11.4

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Updated: February 2022
 
 

Diagnosing and Fixing Authentication Problems


Note - PPP was removed in the Oracle Solaris 11.4 SRU 24 release.

When you run the pppd debug command, the output shows the following problems:

Peer is not authorized to use remote address address

Cause:  You are using PAP authentication, and the IP address for the remote peer is not in the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file.

Solution:  Add an asterisk (*) after the entry for the peer in the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file.

LCP starts but terminates shortly afterward

Cause:  The password might be incorrect in the database for the particular security protocol.

Solution:  Check the password for the peer in the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets or /etc/ppp/chap-secrets file.