[ale] pppd problem

[root]

I'm trying to setup a Linux box as a ppp 'client', to connect to an ISP 
and having some trouble...  Do the following errors point to a particular 
problem?  I'm new to ppp with Linux, and don't know where to start to get 
this to work.

Errors:
-------
Jul 30 12:21:11 aleach-pc syslog: Warning - secret file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets has world and/or group access
Jul 30 12:21:11 aleach-pc pppd[1011]: pppd 2.1.2 started by root, uid 0
Jul 30 12:21:12 aleach-pc chat[1012]: timeout set to 5 seconds
Jul 30 12:21:12 aleach-pc chat[1012]: send (ATZ^M) 
Jul 30 12:21:12 aleach-pc chat[1012]: expect (OK) 
Jul 30 12:21:12 aleach-pc chat[1012]: NO CARRIER^M 
Jul 30 12:21:12 aleach-pc chat[1012]: ATZ^M^M 
Jul 30 12:21:12 aleach-pc chat[1012]: OK -- got it 
Jul 30 12:21:12 aleach-pc chat[1012]: send (ATDT95475800^M) 
Jul 30 12:21:13 aleach-pc chat[1012]: abort on (NO CARRIER) 
Jul 30 12:21:13 aleach-pc chat[1012]: abort on (BUSY) 
Jul 30 12:21:13 aleach-pc chat[1012]: abort on (NO DIALTONE) 
Jul 30 12:21:13 aleach-pc chat[1012]: abort on (WAITING) 
Jul 30 12:21:13 aleach-pc chat[1012]: timeout set to 45 seconds
Jul 30 12:21:13 aleach-pc chat[1012]: expect (CONNECT) 
Jul 30 12:21:13 aleach-pc chat[1012]: ^M 
Jul 30 12:21:34 aleach-pc chat[1012]: ATDT95475800^M^M 
Jul 30 12:21:34 aleach-pc chat[1012]: CONNECT -- got it 
Jul 30 12:21:34 aleach-pc chat[1012]: send (^M) 
Jul 30 12:21:34 aleach-pc chat[1012]: timeout set to 5 seconds
Jul 30 12:21:34 aleach-pc chat[1012]: expect (name:) 
Jul 30 12:21:34 aleach-pc chat[1012]:  24000/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS^M 
Jul 30 12:21:36 aleach-pc chat[1012]: ^M 
Jul 30 12:21:36 aleach-pc chat[1012]: ^M 
Jul 30 12:21:36 aleach-pc chat[1012]:          Welcome to the Universities of North Carolina Internet Access^M 
Jul 30 12:21:36 aleach-pc chat[1012]: ^M 
Jul 30 12:21:36 aleach-pc last message repeated 3 times
Jul 30 12:21:36 aleach-pc chat[1012]: Host:pm02-nccu Port:8^M 
Jul 30 12:21:36 aleach-pc chat[1012]: ^M 
Jul 30 12:21:39 aleach-pc chat[1012]: login:
Jul 30 12:21:39 aleach-pc pppd[1011]: could not set up connection
Jul 30 12:21:39 aleach-pc pppd[1011]: Exit.
Jul 30 12:21:39 aleach-pc chat[1012]: alarm
Jul 30 12:21:39 aleach-pc chat[1012]: Failed


Command:
--------
exec pppd connect \
	'chat -v -f /etc/ppp/chatscript' \
	-detach crtscts modem defaultroute \
	user aleach.ncsu \
	/dev/modem 38400


/etc/ppp/chatscript:
--------------------
TIMEOUT 5
'' ATZ
OK ATDT95475800
ABORT 'NO CARRIER'
ABORT BUSY
ABORT 'NO DIALTONE'
ABORT WAITING
TIMEOUT 45
CONNECT ""
TIMEOUT 5
"name:" ppp


I find myself wondering if the problem is the fact that the ISP I'm 
connecting to (MCI) has a login screen which looks like:

>	Welcome to the Universities of North Carolina Internet Access
>
>
>Host:pm02-nccu Port:4
>
>login:

and once the proper userid and password are provided, the following menu 
is presented:

>Please enter an option:
>
>T	Telnet to anywhere
>
>F     *Frequently Asked Questions
>B	Check account balance
>W	Change password
>S	Begin SLIP session
>P	Begin PPP session
>X	Log out
>
>NOTE: Options marked with * are under construction.
>
>Option:

I _can_ connect successfully using minicom, just not with pppd...

Windows95 has no problem establishing a PPP connection - so I know it's 
possible, I just don't know how to get Linux to do it...  I suspect I 
need to configure it to send a "P" to select PPP connection (although, 
again, Windows95 takes care of this somehow - clearly it's not sending a 
"P"...).

Details:
HP Vectra XM
P133
8Meg RAM
~850Meg HD partition
USRobotics Sportster 28.8
RedHat 3.0.3/1.2.13 kernel

I'm trying to do this because I'm going to be setting up a Linux box as a 
ppp server, and I figured I'd get familiar with ppp the 'easy' (i.e. more 
common) way first - but I can't even get this working!  Any references 
to info regarding setting up Linux as a ppp 'server' would also be very 
much appreciated.

TIA for any help/suggestions.

- Al Leach
(aleach at cc.gatech.edu, aleach at cisco.com)