RE: Gnome PPP dial-up problems

[bill helke cp Novartis com]

I can only speak from my experience.  I'm using Mindspring as my ISP and I
needed to create a script.  One thing I noticed was that I really had to
beat on Gnome-ppp to get it to save all of the script correctly.  I think I
had to edit the account about three different times to get everything saved
the way it should be.  I couldn't track down any reason why the edited
sections weren't getting saved, but I just kept trying and eventually
everything was saved correctly.  There are options in the script creator to
allow you to send your userID and password which you probably already
entered when you initially created your account for dialup.  Also, don't
forget the DNS address(es) in the "DNS" tab.  You may see an example of a
script in the Howto link I provided in my last reply.  Don't assume
anything, though.  When requesting userid, Mindspring sends the prompt
"Username" instead of "Login."  I suggest that you turn on the debug window
in Gnome-ppp and look at what is being received when you connect to your
ISP.  Then build your script from that.

William F. Helke

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan [mailto:gardnerj@pro-usa.net]
Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 1:37 PM
To: Helke Bill CP USGR EXC
Cc: gnome-list@gnome.org
Subject: Re: Gnome PPP dial-up problems


Ok, I can dial now. I set the ttyS3 Permissions the way I was told and that
was
the problem, funny that kppp doesn't have that problem. Anyway, now I've set
permissions and suid everything I'm supposed to but when I connect, I never
really connect. I'm sure I'm not authenticating for some reason. Am I
supposed
to do anything in that 'script' area, I thought that PAP would do everything
automatically though.

Jonathan

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