Dear Sir Forget my question. I remember I forgot to suid 'dip'. The solution was 'chmod u+s /usr/sbin/dip' Thank you very much to all the persons who did spend a little time to help Thank you very very much again. Daniel. . On Sun, 30 May 1999, Ray Olszewski wrote: > You haven't really said enough for me (or others, I imagine) to be able to > give you much help. If you want to investigate the problem with more care, > try doing these things. > > 1.You say "the connection seems open". To find out for sure, first use > ifconfig to see if the ppp0 device is active. Then check "route -n" to see > that the ppp0 interface is the default interface (you say there is "no much > change than before", but it isn't enough that they be similar - they need to > be the same to rule out a problem here). > > 2. Might you have a DNS problem? Can you ping or traceroute to hosts by IP > number? See if your ISP's nameservers are listed in /etc/resolv.conf . If > not, add them. > > 3. What information about a connection attempt are pppd and chat (or are you > using dip for dialing? - I'm not familiar with that app) posting to your > logs? Check in /var/log/messages and /var/log/debug (assuming your host uses > the usual syslog file names) for information that could help you > troubleshoot the problem. > > Beyond that, I don't quite understand your description of the problem. > > What does "pass on SU" mean? If you mean you need to su (not SU; case > counts) to root in order to start a ppp session, this probably means your > old setup had pppd suid'd but the new one doesn't. The PPP HowTo will tell > you how to change this; I think all you need to do (as root) is enter "chmod > +s /usr/sbin/pppd". > > I assume "can't use any browser and mail" means that lynx of Netscape won't > connect to remote sites ... but what errors do they report? (EXACTLY what > errors?) ... and that e-mail bounces ... but with what error message? > > At 07:43 PM 5/29/99 +0200, Daniel wrote: > >Gentlemen, > >I installed the Red Hat 5.2 in place of Slakware and now when I want to > >connect with my provider, on my account, not root, the connection seems > >open; I'm obliged to pass on SU, > >I can't use the any browser and mail. > >I do dip with a little script. > > > >When I type route -n after the connection there is no much change than > >before. > >I'm sure there is something I'm missing... > > ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"--- > Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo > 762 Garland Drive > Palo Alto, CA 94303-3603 > 650.328.4219 voice [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > ______________________________________________________________________ Message envoye depuis iFrance >> http://www.ifrance.com Gratuit >> Hebergement (50 Mo)/Emails (POP&HTML)/Abonnement INTERNET ! NOUVEAU : vos encheres On-line : http://ifrance.aucland.fr
