Incoming from Paul Schwartz: > s. keeling wrote: > >Incoming from Paul Schwartz: > >>s. keeling wrote: > >>>Incoming from Paul Schwartz: > >>> > >>>>If I execute pon [as root or su] in a console session it works. > >>>> > >>>>If I do it in an xterm window [using kde and as su] it comes backwith a > >>>>new prompt but it doesn't do anything. > >>>> > >>>Nothing. That's the way it's supposed to work. Now, add yourself to > >>>group ppp and you can do it as a user too. "adduser $user ppp" > >>> > >>It doesn't seem to have anything to do with group ownership. I did > >>those things, and it still doesn't work. Note that even as root [after > >>su] it doesn't work in the xterm window.. > > > >First, my advice was wrong; it's not group ppp, it's dialout and dip. > > > >Second, ... what?!? As root, at the console, pon works, but "su -c > >pon" from an xterm doesn't work?!? That can't be. > > > That's basically what happens. In the xterm [under kde] > su > password: > pon > > just returns another prompt. > > At a console as root, pon connects to my isp. > > And yes, I did use the dip group. Even though the user is a member of
... and the "dialout" group? > dip he can't successfully execute pon [even in a console]. In /etc/ppp/peers/provider, add "-v" to the call to /usr/bin/chat, then in another window, type "plog -f", then in the original window, type "pon", then watch the plog output. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
