[H-GEN] Dialup to GU

[Kris Amy]

[ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and  ]
[ Unix-related topics.  Please observe the list's charter.           ]
[ Worthwhile understanding: http://www.humbug.org.au/netiquette.html ]

You do know that the passwords have been reset this year? This was for 
all account including dial-up. Get him to check through the mail he was 
sent from griffith his new pass will be in there.

Kris

Nikolai Lusan wrote:

> [ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and  ]
> [ Unix-related topics.  Please observe the list's charter.           ]
> [ Worthwhile understanding: http://www.humbug.org.au/netiquette.html ]
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Michael Anthon wrote:
> 
> 
>>Anyone here using pppd to dial in to GU?  I've got a mate with an account
>>there and I was trying to lead him through setting it up on an powermac that
>>I installed Debian on.  Unfortunately it keeps giving an authentication
>>
> Wow, last I heard the only stuedent with dial-up at GU where the cs
> people - and unless you used slurp you couldn't get ppp.
> 
> 
> 
>>error (I think that's what it was), something like "Access denied" when
>>looking at the pppd logs.  He's pretty sure that the password is right.
>>
> Have you tried connecting using minicom and then starting pppd from the
> command line? This old trick lets you test the waters at the other end
> if there are problems getting an auth.
> 
> 
> Nikolai Lusan
> 
> 
> --
> * This is list (humbug) general handled by majordomo at lists.humbug.org.au .
> * Postings to this list are only accepted from subscribed addresses of
> * lists 'general' or 'general-post'.
> 
> 




--
* This is list (humbug) general handled by majordomo at lists.humbug.org.au .
* Postings to this list are only accepted from subscribed addresses of
* lists 'general' or 'general-post'.