Diagnosing and Fixing Authentication
Problems
The following table describes solutions for general authentication
problems.
Table 25 General
Authentication Problems
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pppd debug output shows the message Peer is not authorized to use remote address address.
| You are using PAP authentication, and the IP address for the
remote peer is not in the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file.
| Add an asterisk (*) after the entry for the peer in the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file.
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pppd debug output shows that LCP starts but
terminates shortly afterward.
| The password might be incorrect in the database for the particular
security protocol.
| Check the password for the peer in the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets or /etc/ppp/chap-secrets file.
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