On Wed, Sep 16, 1998 at 10:13:35PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > At 11:34 PM 9/16/1998 -0300, you wrote: > >On Wed, Sep 16, 1998 at 08:11:51PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > >> Okay; I give up on the documentation. Maybe someone on the list can help. [...] > >> "provider" files aren't properly configured - it gives an error message > >> about /dev/modem being an unrecognized option). But if I type pon bub > >> (which is what I would have thought would've used the "bub" connection), > >> all that happens is the system thinks for a couple of seconds and then > >> returns me to a prompt. There's no modem activity or messages or anything. > > > >If you are not running "pon bub" as root, then the problem appears to > >be related to wrong permissions on the system files and the requirement > >for users using pppd to be in the proper group (/etc/group): > > > > The ppp files permissions under Debian 2.0 should look like this: > > > > drwx--x--- 2 root dip /etc/chatscripts/ > > -rw-r----- 1 root dip /etc/chatscripts/provider > > drwx--x--- 5 root dip /etc/ppp/ > > -rw------- 1 root root /etc/ppp/options > > -rw------- 1 root root /etc/ppp/pap-secrets > > -rw------- 1 root root /etc/ppp/chap-secrets > > drwx--x--- 2 root dip /etc/ppp/peers/ > > -rw-r----- 1 root dip /etc/ppp/peers/provider > > -rws--x--- 1 root dip /usr/sbin/pppd > > -rwxr-x--- 1 root dip /usr/bin/pon > > -rwxr-x--- 1 root dip /usr/bin/poff > > crw------- 1 root root /dev/ttyS2 > > > > Put the users who are to bring up a ppp link in the dip group. > > > > As shipped Debian 2.0 has /etc/chatscripts like this: > > > > drwx------ 2 root dip /etc/chatscripts/ > > > > This is a known bug -- wrong permissions on /etc/chatscripts/. > > > I am running it as root. > > Since this is a new installation, I decided to wipe the drive and do > another install. I also decided to stick with the defaults and use the name > "provider" instead of "bub". Now pon is doing the same thing; the system > thinks for a minute and then returns me to the prompt. > > When I do a "ps a", it shows that "/usr/bin/ppd call provider" and > "usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/provider" are running on tty S1 with > a stat of S and a time of 0:00. If I wait a couple of minutes and do > another "ps a", they are no longer there. > > The permissions on the files (just after the new install) are as follows: > drwxr-s--- 2 root dip /etc/chatscripts/ > -rw-r----- 1 root dip /etc/chatscripts/provider > drwx------ 5 root root /etc/ppp/ > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root /etc/ppp/options > -rw------- 1 root root /etc/ppp/pap-secrets > -rw------- 1 root root /etc/ppp/chap-secrets > drwxr-s--- 2 root dip /etc/ppp/peers > -rw-r----- 1 root dip /etc/ppp/peers/provider > -rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip /usr/bin/pppd > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root /usr/bin/pon > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root /usr/bin/poff > crw-rw---- 1 root dialout /dev/ttyS1 > > I notice the permissions aren't quite the same as what you listed, so I'll > try playing with those in a few minutes.
Well, maybe not. Perhaps the packages have been updated to correct the "bug". -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jack Kern Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Debian GNU/Linux
