On Fri, 9 Jul 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> dear bud,
> >
> > Do a chmod 777 /var/lock while logged in as root. Also make sure
that
> > there isn't a "stale" lock file in there already that you can't over
right.
>
> sorry, but i am not very used to work in console, even if i wanna
> learn it. so i typed 777 /var/lock as root but nothing happened.
I hope you at least got:
bash: 777: command not found
That should be a clue to what you are doing wrong. The command is
chmod. Bash is rather rigid in expecting the command to be first.
>
> > Say if you used minicom while as root, it crashed out, left the lock
file
> owned by root, and now "normal user" can't overwrite the file, since he
> doesn't have
> > premission.
>
> i dont understand this one...
>
> > I forgot the lock files name, but do a ls in that directoy and
> > see if anything "looks" like a modem lock file. If there is, become
root
> > and rm it. Then try again.
>
> so, i typed ls and did get:
> chap secrets ip-down ip-up options pap-secrets
> and here maybe it is important to say that ip-down and ip-up was
> written in green...
ls by itself will list the current directory. Try
ls -l /var/lock
and see if you have any files named LCK..<device name>
Lawson
>< Microsoft free environment
This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
>
> mek
>
> >
> >> dear newbies,
> >> on my redhat 60 machine i did setup kppp(a kde feature) under
> >> gnome what did work fine. but finally when i tried to dial in i
> did
> >> get the answer "can't create modem lock file" so i couldnt make a
> >> connection. i asked a friend of mine and he said that i have to
> >> delete /etc/ppp/options what i did, and after i get the same
> >>message. in kppp-help i read the frequently asked questions and
> >> indeed the third most frequently asked question was this one.
> there
> >> i get the hint to make sure that /var/lock/ should be read-wirte
> >> mode for any user and i also did this. what did'nt change the
> >> situation of making a connection to the internet. somebody maybe
> had >> the same problem once? >> >> mek
> >
>
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