pppauth(4)                                                pppauth(4)


       NAME
             pppauth - Point-to-Point authentication data base

       SYNOPSIS
             /etc/inet/pppauth

       DESCRIPTION
             The /etc/inet/pppauth file contains information used by the
             PPP Password Authentication Protocol (PAP). pppd(1M) processes
             all PPP requests by comparing the fields in the PAP
             Authentication-Request message with entries in
             /etc/inet/pppauth.

       USAGE
             Each authentication specification in the pppauth file is
             defined on a separate line of the format:
                   name   password

             A ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment; characters
             appearing after ``#'' are ignored.  Fields are separated by
             white space.

             The fields are described as follows:

             name           Is used for comparison with the peer-id field
                            of a PAP Authentication-Request message during
                            negotiation. name can specify the name of the
                            local host (which is indicated by a `*' at the
                            beginning of the entry), or the name of a peer
                            host.  For a peer this is often, but not
                            necessarily, the peer's nodename.

             password       Is the password for the host identified by
                            name.  It is compared to the password field of
                            a PAP Authentication-Request message during
                            connection negotiation.  password must be known
                            by both hosts in the negotiation.

          Files
             /etc/inet/ppphosts

          Examples
             Here is a typical /etc/inet/pppauth file:
                   #PPPauth - PPP authentication name/secret file
                   #name                   password
                   #


                           Copyright 1994 Novell, Inc.               Page 1

      pppauth(4)                                                pppauth(4)


                  *krusty.i88.isc.com     Bull      /* local host ID/password */
                  laiout.i88.isc.com      Blazer    /* remote host ID/password */

      REFERENCES
            hosts(4), pppd(1M), ppphosts(4)











































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