Problem fixed....the ppp-on-dialer script refered to chat...not
...usr/sbin/chat.
Used debug in options file....connect-errors reported could not find chat.
Hope this helps someone else...
Rossco
At 12:08 PM 08-03-98 +1000, you wrote:
>I have got problems with setting up pppd to run with other logins other
>than root. Prehaps I can draw on everyones vast knowledge base on this
>occasion... :)
>
>I have installed a redhat 5 distrubution recently, WITHOUT X.
>
> I have succesfully set up pppd and chat scripts, so that root can dial up.
>I have the chmod u+s pppd, in the hope that other users may dialup. pppd
>comes back straight away and tells other users that the connect script
>failed, via the system log.
>
>The scripts are in /etc/ppp/scripts, they are all readable by everyone, and
>trying chmod u+s to the scripts doen't seem to work.
>
>I have had this problem before, and never solved it, I thought I might try
>and find the answer this time, but nothing is mentioned in any docs beyond
>chmod u+s pppd. I setup ppp as per the Network Admin Guide.
>
>Any ideas ???
>
> Rossco
>
>
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