pppauth(SFF)                                                    pppauth(SFF)


 Name

    pppauth - Point-to-Point authentication database

 Description

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

    Each authentication specification is on its own single line in the for-
    mat:

       Name    Password

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

    Name      is used for comparison with the peer-id field of a PAP
              Authentication-Request message during negotiation. Name is
              either 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 hostname.

    Password  is a password for the host identified by Name.  It is compared
              to the ``password'' field of a PAP Authentication-Request mes-
              sage during connection negotiation.  It must be known by both
              hosts in the negotiation.

 Examples

    A typical /etc/pppauth file:

       #
       #PPPauth - PPP authentication name/secret file
       #Name                   Password
       #
       *krusty.i88.isc.com     Bull    /* local host ID/password */
       laiout.i88.isc.com      Blazer  /* remote host ID/password */

 Files

    /etc/ppphosts

 See also

    pppd(ADMN), hosts(SFF) and ppphosts(SFF).