On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 19:55 +1300, Andrew Errington wrote: > Hmm. Setting pppd as SUID is not working. I get error code 19 - we > have > not authenticated ourselves.
quite possibly the auth/noauth thing. auth means that the ppp daemon at the other end must authenticvate itself to you. - this is not needed or desired when you are dialling into your isp- the isp simply won't authenticate itself. Also, unless you distrust the POTS dialling system, theres no need for it. I accept Volker's reasoning that pppd must run as root, for the reasons that he said, and nothing to do with logging - as you have now established. I am damn pleased I got jetstream and/or leave it to ipcop's setup - modems have always been a pain (for me) under linux, easy once you have it going, hard otherwise. I printed out and read screeds and screeds on it over 5 years ago. with debian pon/poff has been the traditional way. wvdial is also a very very good program. its a shame kppp doesn't have the ability to run arbitrary commands to log in. the gnome "modem lights" panel applet does have that ability. I do not know what else in gnome it relies on, or if it is separately installable, or if it "fits in" to kde in any way. YMMV, no warranty, return to base in timbuctu for servicing/repair/no liability accepted/the home brew was liberated! > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
