Clifford Kite wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Evert Verhellen wrote:
> 
> [edited]
> 
> |After the "chmod 4755 /usr/sbin/pppd" command the file permissions for
> |pppd now look like this:
> |
> |-rwsr-xr-x   1 root     root       120020 Apr 10 05:33 pppd
> 
> These are the correct permissions.
> 
> |With these permissions changed I can launch /etc/ppp/ppp-on from my own
> |account (evert) but the connection still doesn't work in this situation.
> |This is wat /var/log/messages says:
> |
> |Jul 17 13:40:17 localhost pppd[919]: pppd 2.3.7 started by evert, uid
> |500
> |Jul 17 13:40:17 localhost pppd[919]: Failed to open /dev/ttyS1:
> |Permission denied
> |Jul 17 13:40:17 localhost pppd[919]: Exit.
> |
> |The permissions for the ttyS* device files are the following:
> |
> |crw-------   1 root     tty        4,  64 Jul 17 11:45 /dev/ttyS0
> |crw-------   1 root     tty        4,  65 Jul 17 13:26 /dev/ttyS1
> |crw-------   1 root     tty        4,  66 May  5  1998 /dev/ttyS2
> |crw-------   1 root     tty        4,  67 May  5  1998 /dev/ttyS3
> |
> |I don't know whether is wise to change anything here. Maybe this
> |additional information is of interest:
> 
> Sorry, I forgot about the device file permissions.  I don't have a problem
> with changing permissions, if someone else does then he's welcome to speak
> up and say exactly why.  The command    chmod 666 /dev/ttyS1    should do
> the trick.  The permissions then will be
> 
> crw-rw-rw-   1 root     tty        4,  65 Jul 17 13:26 /dev/ttyS1
> 
> The permissions are changed to   crw-r--r--   during the connection and
> back again when pppd is done.

My Internet connection now works from my own account. Thanks for helping
me.

-- 
Evert Verhellen
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