can't edit ifcfg-ppp0

[Katrin Koumpikova]

Hi All, After trying to configure my modem and the dial up connection to the Internet I can no longer boot my Red Hat 7.2. It hangs on Bringing up ppp0. Below are the emails I found and I tried to follow the instructions for changing ifcfg-ppp0 after booting using: linux emergency. The problem is that the ifcfg-ppp0 file is system and read only. I checked it's attributes and it has rw but when I open it in vi, it firts tells me "Unable to open swap file for recovery". After that I can do the changes just fine but when I try to exit vi and save the changes (:w!) it says ifcfg-ppp0 Can't open file for writing. I tried to copy or rename the file but the system wuoldn't let me do it saying: Read only file system. After that I tried booting Linux using: linux single but it hang on sh-2.05.   What else can I try? Please help!   Katrin     <snip> On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, BUDINATA,KEVIN (HP-Singapore,ex2) wrote: > Hi.... > > After some lab test for kppp configuration, my system hang during > "Bringing up interface ppp0" > How to solve this or skip this process and recover it back ? > > -Kevin- > At a guess, I would try booting into the single user mode, and editing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0.  Change ONBOOT=yes to ONBOOT=no. Mikkel --     Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.   <snip>