Oh ... and more breakage on permissions for /usr/sbin/pppd. That
is root user or dip group only. So you'll surely want your user account
in the dip group. I think I pulled this off using System --> Users &
Groups and then ticking off the 'Connect to Internet using a modem' (and
Send & Receive Faxes). Then reboot.
Be sure that Network Manager and/or GNOME PPP have not put a line
saying 'auto ppp0' (or some such) into /etc/network/interfaces. Comment
out any such line (since you may *really* need to use the 'pon' command
manually).
If you're modem was configured via 'wvdialconf', the directory you
were in when you ran wvdialconf has a hidden file whose name is
'.wvdial.conf'. That needs to be manually installed as (or integrated
into) /etc/wvdial.conf.
Then there's ANOTHER permission problem on /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and
/etc/ppp/chap-secrets. Those files are owned by root and associated
with the 'root' group (rather than the dip group). Obviously, these are
security sensitive files ... but if you are going to run 'pon' to get
pppd going ... you'll need access to these files ... and doing
everything as root seems like it's own worry (and many
systems/situations) ... but maybe 'sudo pon' and 'sudo poff' will be
enough. For me, I've made these file 'dip' group readable.
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Can't use USB/PL2303-attached Zyxel Omni Mini with non-root user
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482971
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