You might check permissions on /usr/sbin/diald. He might not be
readable or executable by the user you are trying to start him
from. Linux will give you a "file not found" in that case.
On Wed, 19 May 1999 14:58:07 -0500 Rich McCabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> I am hoping this is pretty basic stuff to some of your pro's. I am really
> new at this and any help would be greatly appreciated !!
>
> I am trying to get diald up and running. All is well on my network and IP
> masquerading is working fine.
>
> I installed the RPM versions of diald including the config rpm. The RPMS
> were diald-0.16.4-1.i386.rpm and diald-config-0.16.5a-1386.rpm.
>
> I installed both of these onto my Linux (Mandrake 5.3 distribution)machine.
> I am using the 2.2.7 kernel and I recompiled it. I did add PPP and SLIP
> support.
>
> My diald.config file is in the /etc directory and it reads:
>
> fifo /etc/diald/diald.ctl
> mode ppp
> connect "sh /etc/ppp/connect"
> device /dev/cua1
> speed 115200
> modem
> lock
> crtscts
> local 10.0.0.20
> remote 10.0.0.20
> dynamic
> redial-timeout 5
> # kill-timeout 240
> defaultroute
> # proxyarp
> # strict-forwarding
> # mtu 1024
> # mru 2048
> # window 2048
> pppd-options asyncmap 0
> include /usr/lib/diald/standard.filter
>
> My connect file is exactly as it came from the RPM excpet I added the phone
> number, username and password.
>
> If I understand correctly, you execute the diald command in the /usr/sbin
> directory ?? I try to do this and I get a message that says /usr/sbin/diald:
> No such file or directory. Even though I can see the file in that folder.
>
> I really dont know where to begin diagnosing this. I did try a connect
> "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatfile" thinking maybe this would force the
> modem, but had not luck. It returned a line showing my modem string and just
> sat there.
>
> As I mentioned above. ANY help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Rich
>
> Des Moines, IA
>
>
>
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