Re: How to exec pppd

[Ildefonso Camargo]

Root privilege users can't login in a terminal because of a security set on your system, check for /etc/securetty, this file should contain the name of the terminals where root can login, and there should be a file /etc/login.defs it must have a line called CONSOLE, if it is set to one or more values, the root will only be able to login on these terminals (or if it is set to /etc/securetty, the root will only login on the terminals defined in securetty), comment out the line(s) CONSOLE and the root will be able to login on any terminal (but beware, if you do this, make sure that you have a good password for root, because anybody that can connect to your host will have a chance to login as root), or add the name of the terminal where you are trying to log from.

If you see the text very confuse (not understable), please tell me, I'm learning english and I guess that u can have troubles reading it.

About your pppd question IDK (I don't know)... sorry, I'll try to reconstruct your conditions, and I'll see.

Ildefonso Camargo
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Fanny wrote:

I can see the terminal window by using mgetty, the problem is, I cann't exec the 'pppd' command in /usr/sbin/, after login as a common user, I already run the command 'chmod o+u'.
another question is : root privilege user cann't login by the terminal window, why?

thank U very much !

BTW, could U tell me how to setup Linux as a 'smtp' or 'pop' server, thanks !

Best Wishes

Fanny

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