>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Lawrence Chim wrote: >>I have problem to upgrade PPP and it seems that it is a chown problem. >>Any helps? >> >>Preparing to replace ppp 2.2.0f-2 (using ppp_2.2.0f-19.deb) ... >>Unpacking replacement ppp ... >>Setting up ppp (2.2.0f-19) ... >> [snip] >>Installing new version of config file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets ... >>chown: root.dip: invalid group > >For some reason there is no 'dip' group in your system. Add an entry by >appending the line 'dip:*:30:' to '/etc/group'. > >Make sure that group id 30 is not used by other group (search for ':30:' in >the file) in such case change it to any non used group id number you like. > >Once this is done, you can safely reconfigure the ppp package.
Oups forgot something important. Actually you should start a new root login session when reconfigurating the package, otherwise you might think that nothing changes :) (i.e. logout, then login) >As root execute: > >dpkg --configure ppp -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]