Hi Brian, Hi Steffen, Hi List!
Brian, all you've said I tried and didn't work since MDK 8.1. I
did so a suid script.
Now, Steffen, thank you for your observation and I'll try it at
home. Afterwards I keep you all informed.
Cheers,
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Steffen Barszus wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 November 2002 23:14, Brian Schroeder wrote:
> > I use kppp at home to dial my ISP. After upgrading from Mandrake 8.2
> > to 9.0, I found my internet connection didn't work. I checked my
> > firewall rules, resolv.conf, all messages files, etc. and couldn't
> > see anything wrong.
> >
> > I eventually discovered that the default route was not being set to
> > point to my ISP, and I had to set it manually. This is something
> > that always worked in previous versions, but doesn't work in mdk9.0.
> >
> > Now that I know what the problem is, I can set it quite easily each
> > time, although it is a nuisance. But other family members (who DON'T
> > know the root password, and are not so computer literate) would not
> > be able to do this. (Yes, I know I could create a suid script for
> > them, or something similar, but I don't really want to do this kind
> > of hack.)
> >
> > Is this a bug, or is it just a configuration issue? If the latter,
> > what should I do?
>
>
> Sounds you should read the errata for 9.0 more carefully ....
>
> ".....
> Error scenario: You have an ethernet card for the local LAN and a modem for
> internet access and you can't reach the internet.
>
> Why: Drakconnect wrongly asks for a gateway, and ppp can't set your modem
> connection as the default route.
>
> Solution: As root, edit /etc/sysconfig/network and manually remove the GATEWAY
> entry.
> ..."
>
> could it be that this is your problem ?
>
> Greets
>
> Steffen
>
>
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Alan Wilter S. da Silva
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Instituto de Biof�sica Carlos Chagas Filho
Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ
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