On Saturday 28 April 2001 19:06, Peter Ruskin wrote:
> $ /sbin/ifup ppp0
> Users cannot control this device
>
> So I used Netconf to say users can.
> $ /sbin/ifup ppp0 now doesn't give that error, but the modem ( external USR
> 56K message modem on ttyS0 ) says "beep boop" and stops.
>
> In latest cooker, "# /sbin/ifup ppp0" as root works, but not in 8.0.
>
> kppp works...
> [13:52 peter@penguin:~]$ kppp
> Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device
> Kernel supports ppp alright.
>
> ... but it works.
>
> Please can you fix this - I have scripts that use /sbin/ifup ppp0 and
> /sbin/ifdown and they don't work.
While waiting for a response I did some more checking in network-scripts
without finding any clues. I've had a similar problem before on cooker,
reported (also no response) to this list.
Anyway, I want to get 8.0 working in a hurry, so I repeated the remedy I
previously used - emptied /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and copied the
contents of 7.2's folder. Now /sbin/ifup ppp0 works OK in 8.0 as a
non-privileged user.
There must be something wrong in network-scripts. One of you drakes care to
take a look?
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