if u r using vsnl open /etc/resolv.conf write down "nameserver 202.54.1.18" On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 22:49, Soumyadip Modak wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Did chmod u+s, didn't help. I can ping an external no. (I usually use > 202.54.9.1) but trying to google in mozilla says, can't find > www.google.com. :( Now what? My knowledge has run out, as have my > limited understanding of the man pages. > > > Soumyadip Modak > RCC Institute of Information Technology > Kolkata, India > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Manas Kumar Laha > > Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 4:02 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] Kppp can't fire up pppd > > > > > > Soumyadip Modak wrote: > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Yeah I'm gonna use wvdial. Coz I just tried that, and it > > > connects. Only problem. Now I've to add the default route, which > > > has not been set. So mozilla, etc. can't see the net. Can > > > someone tell me the command for adding default route plz. man > > > defroute didn't work > > > > > > Soumyadip Modak > > > > Wvdial, after establishing a connection with the remote host, > > finally runs pppd. It is pppd which configures the ppp0 > > network interface and sets up the routing table > > appropriately. To do this, pppd must be setuid root. On my > > machine, ls -l /usr/bin/pppd show this: > > > > 204 -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 203968 Feb 28 2002 /usr/sbin/pppd > > > > The 's' in the permissions field shows that pppd is setuid > > owner (in this case root). If your pppd shows 'rwx' then you > > have to do: > > > > chmod u+x /usr/sbin/pppd > > > > as root. > > > > By the way, pppd (and perhaps also wvdial) writes logging > > messages to /var/log/messages. Read the manual. > > > > - Manas Laha > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > > body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> > > iQA/AwUBPk/H1gAMO//EcNNiEQKb5QCgnFwsRPECmmWdPrezjE0aHPhplWIAoPDq > mO3YSCPkNiXjrzFUqdoAPSTz > =CH8w > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 >
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