Dan,
In addition to what Stephan said you may want to su to root and "chmod
a+xs /usr/sbin/pppd"
Every time you run YaST it uses the /etc/permissions file setting to
reset pppd. Change the setting in pppd so YaST won't reset it every
time you run YaST.
JLK
Dan Tudor wrote:
>
> Hi everyone, I need your help on one problem.
>
> I used to connect to the Internet using Dial Up Networking in Win98,
> checking the option "Bring up terminal window after connecting".
> That is in a terminal window I give my username and password, after a
> string of weird characters appear and I press "continue", and within few
> seconds I'm connected.
>
> I recently switched on Linux (SuSE 6.0) and I'm here to stay - that's
> for sure. I tried to connect using a KDE tool, very similar to Dial Up
> Networking, and I also have the option of logging onto network using a
> terminal window - and everything works smoothly until I see the
> characters string and I press the "continue" button. In within seconds I
> get a message saying that "The pppd daemon ended unexpectedly" and I'm
> disconnected. Can you help me by telling what I should do?
> I'm not afraid to learn how to edit configuration files, so if you think
> I should'n use the KDE "dial up" environment and if you could suggest me
> an alternative way, I'm also very interested. Thank you very much.
>
> Dan
>
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