On Mon, 12 Jul 1999 13:15:45 -0700 Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>Step one: give us exect error messages, not "or some such thing". You
>
>Step two: tell us how you run pppd as root. There are many ways to run
>pppd,
>using various helper programs (e.g., chat) and scripts. One of them
>may have
>permissions problems. You mention ppp-on; what does it say (except for
>your
>password, of course) and how are its permissions set?
>
ok, here is the error i get when i run pppd directly:
[foot@localhost ~]$ /usr/sbin/pppd
/usr/sbin/pppd: Can't open options file /home/foot/.ppprc: Operation not
permitted
and when i run the ppp-on script:
[foot@localhost ~]$ /etc/ppp/ppp-on
/usr/sbin/pppd: device name cannot be overridden
here are the contents of my ppp-on script
(it is basically the template that is distributed with pppd
with my info stuck in all the right places):
#!/bin/sh
#
# These are the parameters. Change as needed.
TELEPHONE=588-2300 # The telephone number for the connection
ACCOUNT=qozmo # The account name for logon (as in 'George Burns')
PASSWORD=****** # The password for this account (and 'Gracie Allen')
LOCAL_IP=0.0.0.0 # Local IP address if known. Dynamic = 0.0.0.0
REMOTE_IP=0.0.0.0 # Remote IP address if desired. Normally 0.0.0.0
NETMASK=255.255.255.0 # The proper netmask if needed
#
# Export them so that they will be available at 'ppp-on-dialer' time.
export TELEPHONE ACCOUNT PASSWORD
#
#
DIALER_SCRIPT=/etc/ppp/ppp-on-dialer
#
# Initiate the connection
#
exec /usr/sbin/pppd debug lock modem crtscts /dev/ttyS2 38400 \
asyncmap 20A0000 escape FF kdebug 0 $LOCAL_IP:$REMOTE_IP \
noipdefault netmask $NETMASK defaultroute connect $DIALER_SCRIPT
and the ppp-on-dialer script:
#!/bin/sh
#
# This is part 2 of the ppp-on script. It will perform the connection
# protocol for the desired connection.
#
exec chat -v \
TIMEOUT 3 \
ABORT '\nBUSY\r' \
ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r' \
ABORT '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r' \
'' \rAT \
'OK-+++\c-OK' ATH0 \
TIMEOUT 30 \
OK ATDT$TELEPHONE \
CONNECT '' \
ogin:--ogin: $ACCOUNT \
assword: $PASSWORD
>Step three: look at your logs, and see why pppd (or chat or whatever)
>says
>it won't run for a non-root user. This should be in /var/log/messages
>
the log gives basically the same error given by the shell
>Step four: if minicom really can't create a lockfile, you might look
>at why
>this is. See if, for example, the directory in which minicom wants to
>create
>the lockfile isn't writable by the user trying to run minicom. (This
>is only
good guess, apparently that was why.
>PS - Are you also having a problem with your keyboard?
>
very funny, u big smart azz
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