On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Blake Thornton wrote:
> I can't get ppp to work for non root users.
> I know this is a common question, but I have searched the archive and
> tried everything there. Specifically I have:
>
> chmod u+s pppd
> chmod +rwx ppp-on ppp-on-dialer ppp-off
> chmod +rwx chat
> chmod +rw /dev/cua?
>
> when nonroot, i type ppp-on and here is what is in /var/log/messeges
>
> Mar 11 19:28:41 localhost pppd[765]: pppd 2.3.3 started by blake, uid 500
^^^^^
Why are you using pppd 2.3? Is that coming with Red Hat now? If so, have
you installed a new kernel?
> Mar 11 19:28:42 localhost pppd[765]: Connect script failed
> Mar 11 19:28:43 localhost pppd[765]: Exit.
Please use the 'debug' keyword in your pppd command line, and put a -v
after the chat command. Then we can see what's going on.
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