OK, having defeated a dodgy hard disk and a loose modem connection, I'm back on the track of the disappearing Kppp ;-) If you recall, I said that when I (as User) clicked on Kppp it put up a 'root password' box which, when filled in, just disappeared leaving an error message about Magic Cookies. (As Root, OTOH, it works fine). Since then I found that RH PPP (rp3) works for both User and Root, but has a problem sending long messages - they hang. Short messages go OK and it downloads fine. Kppp OTOH works sending and receiving, so is preferable IMO, when I can make it load :) Your recommendation was: 1. as user: mcookie |xargs xauth add :0 . xauth list 2. as root: xauth -q -f /home/<user>/.Xauthority extract - :0|xauth merge - xauth list I take it the idea is to synchronise the magic cookies - I've found that when the cookies for argo/unix:0 are the same for <user> and root, Kppp loads OK. The cookies for argo:0 seem to be irrelevant. The problem is, Xwindows seems to change the magic cookie each time it starts. So if I do step 1 in a X terminal window (rxvt), then do step 2 as su (i.e. root?), Kppp will then work. Is there a way to automate this? I presume using a script (not that I've ever written one), or should I see if I can stop Xwindows changing the cookie on starting? Chris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
