I know neither what the permissions are nor what they should be. I did try changing the permission for /etc/ppp/peers/provider to include users and when I ran the "pon" command it did nothing (no error messages) except give me a new prompt on the next line. Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 23 Jun 00, at 12:47, Kevin D. Knerr, Sr. wrote: > On 23 Jun, TODD WITTER wrote: > > <FontFamily><param>Comic Sans MS</param>Hi Listers! > > > > > > Help me if you can! > > > > > > I installed Storm Linux 2000 with the Gnome desktop. Runs a > > bit slow but I'm fine with that. I've been trying to get > > connected to the internet as a regular user and have had some > > (putting it nicely) issues. > > > > I've been given some pointers on this and other lists but I still > > am not there. > > > > > > I gave the pppd file rx permission for users: > > > > chmod a+rx /usr/sbin/pppd > > > > > > I made /usr/sbin/pppd setuid for root > > > > chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd > > > > > > and made the port accessible for users > > > > chmod a+rw /dev/ttyS1 > > > > > > I also added myself to the dialout group and the dip group. > > > > > > I've also edited the /etc/ppp/options file to read "NOAUTH" > > on line 37 or thereabouts. > > > > So now, as a regular user, when I use the "pon" command it > > shows this: > > > > /usr/sbin/pppd: Can't open /etc/ppp/peers/provider: access > > denied > > > > > > I ran pppconfig as root and set it up and it works flawlessly as > > root. Where am I going wrong or what else do I need to do to > > be able to use my modem and connect to my ISP, and hence the > > internet, as a regular user. > > > > Please, someone, hold my hand for me at this point. It'll keep > > me from pulling out any more hair. :-) > > I'm no expert on Storm (I'm a Slacker), but you didn't mention your > permissions on /etc/ppp/peers and its files. > > Here are my relevant permissions: > > $ sudo ls -lR /etc/ppp > /etc/ppp: > total 68 > -rw------- 1 root root 78 Jun 22 1995 chap-secrets > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1575 Jun 23 1999 connect-errors > -r--r----- 1 root ppp 231 Jun 22 09:42 options > -rw------- 1 root root 100 Jun 22 09:41 pap-secrets > drwxr-x--- 2 root ppp 4096 Jun 22 09:47 peers > -r-xr-x--- 1 root ppp 40 Apr 8 1998 ppp-conn.sh > -r--r----- 1 root ppp 243 Apr 9 1998 ppplogin.chat > -r-xr-x--- 1 root ppp 2742 Jun 22 12:22 prolog-haz.sh > -r--r----- 1 root ppp 243 Oct 21 1998 prolog.chat > > /etc/ppp/peers: > total 12 > -r--r----- 1 root ppp 259 Jun 22 09:47 prolog > > HTH > > Barthel > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://geocities.com/Area51/Shire/4063 > Organization: The Pennswald Group -- Linux powered!! > gpg fingerprint: 8D3F 4BFF D36B BFCC FEE5 86A0 2AAF D3DA C395 641E > > Any given program will expand to fill available memory. > _______________________________________________ Stormlinux-users-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stormix.com/community/lists/listinfo/stormlinux-users-list
