Re: ppp question

["TODD WITTER" <witter wpr org>]

I know neither what the permissions are nor what they should be.  I 
did try changing the permission for /etc/ppp/peers/provider to 
include users and when I ran the "pon" command it did nothing (no 
error messages) except give me a new prompt on the next line.
Todd
witter@wpr.org 

On 23 Jun 00, at 12:47, Kevin D. Knerr, Sr. wrote:

> On 23 Jun, TODD WITTER wrote:
> > <FontFamily><param>Comic Sans MS</param>Hi Listers! 
> > 
> > 
> > Help me if you can! 
> > 
> > 
> > I installed Storm Linux 2000 with the Gnome desktop.  Runs a 
> > bit  slow but I'm fine with that.  I've been trying to get 
> > connected to the  internet as a regular user and have had some 
> > (putting it nicely)  issues. 
> > 
> > I've been given some pointers on this and other lists but I still 
> > am  not there. 
> > 
> > 
> > I gave the pppd file rx permission for users: 
> > 
> > 	chmod a+rx /usr/sbin/pppd 
> > 
> > 
> > I made /usr/sbin/pppd setuid for root 
> > 
> > 	chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd 
> > 
> > 
> > and made the port accessible for users 
> > 
> > 	chmod a+rw /dev/ttyS1 
> > 
> > 
> > I also added myself to the dialout group and the dip group. 
> > 
> > 
> > I've also edited the /etc/ppp/options file to read "NOAUTH" 
> > on line  37 or thereabouts. 
> > 
> > So now, as a regular user, when I use the "pon" command it 
> > shows  this: 
> > 
> > /usr/sbin/pppd: Can't open /etc/ppp/peers/provider: access 
> > denied 
> > 
> > 
> > I ran pppconfig as root and set it up and it works flawlessly as 
> > root.  Where am I going wrong or what else do I need to do to 
> > be able to  use my modem and connect to my ISP, and hence the 
> > internet, as  a regular user.  
> > 
> > Please, someone, hold my hand for me at this  point.  It'll keep 
> > me from pulling out any more hair.  :-) 
> 
> I'm no expert on Storm (I'm a Slacker), but you didn't mention your
> permissions on /etc/ppp/peers and its files.
> 
> Here are my relevant permissions:
> 
> $ sudo ls -lR /etc/ppp
> /etc/ppp:
> total 68
> -rw-------   1 root     root           78 Jun 22  1995 chap-secrets
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root         1575 Jun 23  1999 connect-errors
> -r--r-----   1 root     ppp           231 Jun 22 09:42 options
> -rw-------   1 root     root          100 Jun 22 09:41 pap-secrets
> drwxr-x---   2 root     ppp          4096 Jun 22 09:47 peers
> -r-xr-x---   1 root     ppp            40 Apr  8  1998 ppp-conn.sh
> -r--r-----   1 root     ppp           243 Apr  9  1998 ppplogin.chat
> -r-xr-x---   1 root     ppp          2742 Jun 22 12:22 prolog-haz.sh
> -r--r-----   1 root     ppp           243 Oct 21  1998 prolog.chat
> 
> /etc/ppp/peers:
> total 12
> -r--r-----   1 root     ppp           259 Jun 22 09:47 prolog
> 
> HTH
> 
> Barthel
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