On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, ai4a wrote:
> Running Mandrake 7.0
> Netscape 4.74
> Using the system as a Home work Station
> Have 2 users:
> userA
> userB
> All was working OK until the other day. I made no changes that I
> remember??
> userB still works OK.
> userA works OK unless I start kppp. Kppp connects OK but after that I
> cannot start anything else. No xterm, no Netscape, Drakconf, NOTHING,
> NADA, ZIP.
> If I stop kppp, anything will start then!!! Please help. I have no idea
> what to do.
> Charles
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this problem happened to me. userA has kppp options set to allow the
remote server / ISP to rename your account while logged in. It's in the
kppp options settings. compare a to b and you should find something
different.