Rui CarmoIntroduction
For some specific PPP authentication purposes, it is sometimes necessary to disable CHAP support in Mac OS X‘s PPP, forcing it to downgrade to PAP.
The Script
Here is a short AppleScript I wrote in order to make it easier for tech support folk to help out customers with this problem (it’s a quick hack – use it as such).
display dialog "This script disables CHAP support in Mac OS X.
You will now be asked for your admin password
in order to modify a system file (/etc/ppp/options)." buttons "OK"
set normal_command to "touch /etc/ppp/options;chmod a+w /etc/ppp/options;echo \"refuse-chap
refuse-mschap
refuse-mschap-v2\" > /etc/ppp/options;chmod a-w /etc/ppp/options"
do shell script "sh -c " & quoted form of normal_command with administrator privileges
display dialog "Thank you.
To re-enable CHAP authentication, remove
the /etc/ppp/options file." buttons "OK" giving up after 5