Re: Why doesn't pon execute in xterm window

2003-12-27 Thread Paul Schwartz
Robert Storey wrote: Dear Paul, Did you trying setting /usr/sbin/pppoe as suid root? chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppoe regards, Robert Applied to pon, it solves the problems, but I still don't understand why, before that, the user could execute pon successfully in a console, but not in an xterm wi

Re: Why doesn't pon execute in xterm window

2003-12-26 Thread Robert Storey
Dear Paul, Did you trying setting /usr/sbin/pppoe as suid root? chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppoe regards, Robert On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:02:53 -0700 paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry about the thread but this is the first time I'm sending mail > from my Debian box, and clicking the reply t

Re: Why doesn't pon execute in xterm window

2003-12-26 Thread paul
Sorry about the thread but this is the first time I'm sending mail from my Debian box, and clicking the reply to at the bottom of the message in the Konqueror display didn't bring anything with it. I have followed the earlier suggestions; adding the dialout group really helped, but ... As sho

Re: Why doesn't pon execute in xterm window

2003-12-25 Thread s. keeling
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

Re: Why doesn't pon execute in xterm window

2003-12-25 Thread 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. What am I

Re: Why doesn't pon execute in xterm window

2003-12-24 Thread s. keeling
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. > >> > >>What am I

Re: Why doesn't pon execute in xterm window

2003-12-24 Thread 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. What am I doing wrong? Nothing. That's the way it's supposed to

Re: Why doesn't pon execute in xterm window

2003-12-23 Thread s. keeling
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. > > What am I doing wrong? Nothing. That's the way it's supposed to work. Now, ad

Why doesn't pon execute in xterm window

2003-12-23 Thread 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. What am I doing wrong? TIA Paul Schwartz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri