Hi! Quoting cr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The obvious 'fix' of adding myself to group 'root' is, I think, not a good > idea ;)
Na, not a good idea ;-) > However I seem to have fixed it - I'll include this in case it helps anyone: > > /etc/ppp/options says: > > # Require the peer to authenticate itself before allowing network > # packets to be sent or received. > # Please do not disable this setting. It is expected to be standard in > # future releases of pppd. Use the call option (see manpage) to disable > # authentication for specific peers. > auth > > So probably changing it to 'noauth' would work, but is, I assume, not > approved. (And, reading between the lines, auth may be 'hard-wired' in in > newer pppd's?) Changing to noauth will help you. > The 'correct' way seems to be (my ISP is called 'Orcon' for purposes of > illustration): > > Copy /etc/ppp/peers/provider as /etc/ppp/peers/orcon > and edit the file 'orcon' to suit (e.g. include 'noauth', and in my case > comment out the sample chat script > # connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/provider" ) > > Then, to use the 'call' option with Kppp, just do > > Setup -> (Orcon Internet) -> Edit -> pppd arguments -> > [type in:] call orcon -> Add Looks good. So long Thomas -- .''`. Obviously we do not want to leave zombies around. - W. R. Stevens : :' : Thomas Krennwallner <djmaecki at ull dot at> `. `'` 1024D/67A1DA7B 9484 D99D 2E1E 4E02 5446 DAD9 FF58 4E59 67A1 DA7B `- http://bigfish.ull.at/~djmaecki/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
