Re: Internet access with Debian --long reply

1998-01-10 Thread john
Jameson Burt writes: > ...there is the Debian way which gets at this file's contents through > other files, in particular /etc/chatscripts/provider. Actually, this is the pppd-2.3 way. > ... > My comments may refect my installed ppp package, version 2.3.1-6. They do. They also apply only to Debi

Re: Internet access with Debian --long reply

1998-01-09 Thread Jameson Burt
> Hi guys, > > I have expected just a problem, > > I want to conect on the internet with my Debian. > > I have configured the file /etc/ppp.chatscript, so that i have > writing my provider's phone number, my login and pass > But when i lauch ppp i don't know what i shall do. > > Please help me

Re: Internet access with Debian

1998-01-08 Thread Brandon Mitchell
Also modify /etc/resolv.conf (ask your isp for nameserver ip address) so dns works. Then use pon to start a connection, and poff to bring it down. Test with "ping www.debian.org". On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Pierre Dupuis wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have expected just a problem, > > I want to conect on the

Internet access with Debian

1998-01-08 Thread Pierre Dupuis
Hi guys, I have expected just a problem, I want to conect on the internet with my Debian. I have configured the file /etc/ppp.chatscript, so that i have writing my provider's phone number, my login and pass But when i lauch ppp i don't know what i shall do. Please help me so that i can reach th

Re: Internet Access With Debian

1998-01-03 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > http://www.math.jhu.edu/~mertind/mybox.html Dear God, I've become standard advice. Heaven preserve me! In any case, the URL as written above won't work - it's really: http://www.math.jhu.edu/~martind/mybox.html -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS

Re: Internet Access With Debian

1998-01-02 Thread dg
On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Carl Nasal wrote: > Basic Question: How can I get Internet Access on my new Debian Linux > machine so I can download packages via FTP right to my Linux machine? (I love short quotes ;-) Hi Carl! I have found (with a little help of this mailing list) a good advice at

Re: Internet Access With Debian

1998-01-02 Thread David Stern
On Fri, 02 Jan 1998 10:31:37 EST, Carl Nasal wrote: > Basic Question: How can I get Internet Access on my new Debian Linux > machine so I can download packages via FTP right to my Linux machine? This is how I was told to do it. There are security implications for allowing regular users (in th

Re: Internet Access With Debian

1998-01-02 Thread Mark W. Blunier
On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Carl Nasal wrote: > My current problem: I want to install a package so I can connect to the > 'Net (so I can download the packages right on to the Linux machine). You don't need to install any package, as the minimum you need to get PPP up is provided with the boot disks is p

Internet Access With Debian

1998-01-02 Thread Carl Nasal
First, I'd just like to say that I am *very* new to Linux. I have web accounts on to *nix systems, but that won't help me until I get everything set up. :) My current position: I have the base Debian Linux system installed (with almost no problems). I have downloaded a few packages off of this