On Thursday 18 January 2007 21:08, Eddy Petrișor wrote: > > No. The ppp dir is copied nowhere else and copying this way _only_ > > works because the files pap/chap-secrets and peers/provider already > > exist in _/target_ because the ppp deb installs default files there > > that already have the correct permissions. The provider file in the > > d-i environment does not have the correct premissions (wrong group). > > Wouldn't it make more sense to fix that in the target and make sure the > permissions and group is ok? Is there a way to create groups in the > target (something in the style of apt-install)?
No, the "dip" group should already exist. Looks to be a standard group. > Also creating the target directory and quitting seems more intelligent > than just quitting if not found? No. The directory _has_ to exist as configuring ppp without the ppp package being installed makes absolutely no sense at all.
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