Re: Gnome PPP dial-up problems

["Mark R. Bowyer" <Moredhel earthling net>]

This may (or may not) be the problem that got a lot of airing on a redhat 
list a while ago.

Check your PPP config.  If you username for the connection is preceeded by 
the "user" keyword, change the keyword to "name" instead.  I think it tries 
to access a "user" through the passwd system, which only root can do, while 
a "name" it just uses as text?

Something like that - I got it working too long ago to remember precisely, 
too =OZ

Ta,

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>From: "Phil Robins" <fillrobs@hotmail.com>
>To: flagg@goodnet.com, gardnerj@pro-usa.net
>Cc: gnome-list@gnome.org
>Subject: Re: Gnome PPP dial-up problems
>Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 07:57:58 PST
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>my ISP is Compuserve and I downloaded a text file called Kppp-Cis.txt or 
>something like that, from the Linux forum, I followed the instructions and 
>it worked 1st time.  Previously I used to get pppd daemon died after it 
made 
>the connection.
>
>Try getting a file from your ISP, someone else must be using Linux and 
>getting connected with your ISP too.  Basically my instructions talked me 
>through creating the script part of the KPPP setup (Expect and Send 
>commands).
>
>Good Luck
>
>Phil
>
>
>>From: flagg@goodnet.com
>>To: Jonathan <gardnerj@pro-usa.net>
>>CC: gnome-list@gnome.org
>>Subject: Re: Gnome PPP dial-up problems
>>Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 08:33:12 -0700 (MST)
>>
>>i am experiencing the _same_ problem. and i always have.
>>
>>actually, i take that back. i did get it working once a LONG time ago, but
>>i honestly forget how i did it. try running gnome-ppp as root and see if 
it
>>gives you the same error. if it doesnt at least you know its probably a
>>permission problem.
>>
>>-shawn.
>>
>>
>> > Well, I did the setuid on pppd (which is located at /usr/sbin/ not just 
>>/sbin) but
>> > as soon as I click on "connect" I get the error that the "pppd daemon 
>>has died"
>> > pap-secrets seems fine also, besides I wouldn't expect that to cause a 
>>problem
>> > until I was trying to authenticate. This is immediate, upon pressing 
>>connect.:-(
>> > could the location of pppd be the problem? Gnome-ppp looking for it at 
>>/sbin while
>> > it's really at /usr/sbin?
>> >
>> > Jonathan
>> >
>> > Cody Russell wrote:
>> >
>> > > No it doesn't. I'm not familiar enough with the inner workings of
>> > > gnome-ppp yet, or else I would fix this, but gnome-ppp requires that
>> > > /sbin/pppd be setuid. Your /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file must also be
>> > > configured the way I described in order to use gnome-ppp. If kppp is
>> > > working fine for you, there may not be much reason to switch. But if 
>>you
>> > > do want to switch, try that and let me know if it doesn't work.
>> > >
>> > > Cody
>> > >
>> > > On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Jonathan wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Well I tried installing rp3 but it led me on an unending list of 
>>failed
>> > > > dependencies. Everytime I'd try to install or update the appropriat 
>>rpm I'd
>> > > > get more I'd have to do. It finally came down to needing an updated 
>>lib for
>> > > > the updated timeconfig, for the updated initscripts and it 
>>complained about
>> > > > the fact that the old lib was needed by stuff and the new lib 
>>conflicted with
>> > > > the old. I've no idea how I'm supposed to go on from there, so for 
>>now I'm
>> > > > still using kppp.
>> > > > The fact that I can use kppp suggests that my pppd and modem access 
>>is ok.
>> > > >
>> > > > Jonathan
>> > > >
>> > > > Cody Russell wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > If you're using Red Hat Linux, you might check out Red Hat's PPP 
>>dialer,
>> > > > > rp3. It's a little more polished than gnome-ppp.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Otherwise, you can still get gnome-ppp working. You need to check 
>>and see
>> > > > > if you have a file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets setup. It should contain 
a 
>>line
>> > > > > such as:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > username        remote  password
>> > > > >
>> > > > > The remote tag can be any identifier you want. It must correspond 
>>to the
>> > > > > "Remote Name" entry in gnome-ppp's properties.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Then chmod u+s /sbin/pppd and make sure you have proper access to 
>>your
>> > > > > modem device. I think that should work. If not, let me know what
>> > > > > /var/log/messages says.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Cody Russell
>> > > > >
>> > > > > On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Jonathan wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > I'd like to wean myself away from as many kde apps as possible, 
>>but
>> > > > > > I find I have to use kppp because the Gnome PPP utility dies as 
>>soon as
>> > > > > > I try to dial. I get everything configured and then press 
>>connect and
>> > > > > > I get a crashing sound and an error message. Any ideas what 
>>could be
>> > > > > > causing this.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Also, While I use Netscape Mail for most of my email, since it 
>>only
>> > > > > > allows one POP mail account, I have to use another utility here 
>>agin
>> > > > > > kmail seems to fit the bill best, except when I want to click 
on 
>>link
>> > > > > > and it brings up all the kde icons. I'd like to use Balsa, but 
>>that
>> > > > > > doens't seem to be able to send via SMTP. It looks like the 
>>option is
>> > > > > > there, but I cannot choose it. Is this just not usable yet?
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Jonathan
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > PS I had thought that I needed to use the kde CD player, but 
>>just now
>> > > > > > the Gnome CD player worked and in fact brought up the CDDB info 
>>that the
>> > > > > > kde player seemed unable to.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
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