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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: I'm having some problems with kppp
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2000-11-22 22:17:36
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Silviu Cojocaru wrote:
> 
> After I installed KDE 2.0 from rpm pack...I tried to configure my ppp
> connection using Kppp(of course).I kind of got used to using it as my default
> ppp dialer.Well I bumped into problems:
> -first it wouldnt even communicate wit the modem (I fixed that giving all
> users the right to read/write to /dev/ttyS3 file);
> -Kppp couldn't create a lock file (fixed by allowing all users to read/write
> /var/lock);
> Finally when I got Kppp to dial to my ISP...a few seconds after pppd starts
> the modem hangs up and kppp tells me that pppd exited with "signal 16".
> What I tried afterwards is:
> I copied kppp binary to /usr/sbin
> then: chmod u+s /usr/sbin/kppp
> then I created a link in /usr/bin pointing to /usr/sbin/kppp
> and I set SUID bit ON.
> 
> What did I do wrong....?
> What can I do to make it work?
> --
> Silviu Cojocaru
> silviu_c@assist.ro
> (a second e-mail address coming soon)
> --

There is a file: "/etc/ppp/options" it should contain:

	lock
	noauth

and nothing else except for comments.

The previous version did not require 'noauth'.

JRT
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