re: wvdial: pppd connects, but telnet doesn't work

2001-08-13 Thread DTi4565459
First of all, thanks to several debian-users who tried to help me yesterday with this problem. Sadder but wiser, I was reading mail with an unfamiliar reader, and I managed to delete most of the e-mails. So, my first question today is HOWTO find the debian-user archives. I did read Sebastian'

Re: wvdial: pppd connects to ISP -- Now what?

2001-08-12 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 12:55:07PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Working on laptop install (Fuji) from console. Installed minimal debian from > floppies. wvdial finds modem and connects via pppd. My problem: how to > enter commands. The console has no prompts. If I migrate to another >

Re: wvdial: pppd connects to ISP -- Now what?

2001-08-12 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Sun, 12 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Working on laptop install (Fuji) from console. Installed minimal debian from > floppies. wvdial finds modem and connects via pppd. My problem: how to > enter commands. The console has no prompts. If I migrate to another > console and i

wvdial: pppd connects to ISP -- Now what?

2001-08-12 Thread DTi4565459
Working on laptop install (Fuji) from console. Installed minimal debian from floppies. wvdial finds modem and connects via pppd. My problem: how to enter commands. The console has no prompts. If I migrate to another console and issue commands, like 'lynx', nothing happens. So, I'm afraid I'

Re: Wvdial & pppd

2000-11-12 Thread Clayton Stapleton
Thanks to all how replied to my query. Have changed to pppconf to set up my dial-up connection. Added myself to the dip and audio groups so that as the user I can enter pon and get a dial tone but that is all, turn it off with poff. The problem now is in /etc/ppp/peers/provider which askes for a de

Re: Wvdial & pppd

2000-11-09 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 10:48:37PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Eric G . Miller writes: > > Try using pppconfig (as root) to configure ppp, adding your normal user > > to the allowed users (i.e. `adduser dip` ). > > You can do that in pppconfig. Go to 'Advanced Options' and select > 'Add-User'.

Re: Wvdial & pppd

2000-11-09 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 06:20:39AM +0100, Marco Presi wrote: > Hello :) > > Just A question: I always used wvdial with no problem, but I noted that > many people (not only in this ml) depreciate it. Why? Security? It's less flexible from a normal-user standpoint. I haven't used it for some time,

Re: Wvdial & pppd

2000-11-08 Thread Marco Presi
Hello :) Just A question: I always used wvdial with no problem, but I noted that many people (not only in this ml) depreciate it. Why? Security? On 8 Nov 2000, John Hasler wrote: > Eric G . Miller writes: > > Try using pppconfig (as root) to configure ppp, adding your normal user > > to the allo

Re: Wvdial & pppd

2000-11-08 Thread John Hasler
Eric G . Miller writes: > Try using pppconfig (as root) to configure ppp, adding your normal user > to the allowed users (i.e. `adduser dip` ). You can do that in pppconfig. Go to 'Advanced Options' and select 'Add-User'. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin

Re: Wvdial & pppd

2000-11-08 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 06:42:36PM -0700, Clayton Stapleton wrote: > Hi Folks; > Have read all the manual on this that I could find and > looked at the archives on Debian.org with no luck. > So here goes! Haves set up wvdial with all the info as > requested. Can get wvdial to contact my ISP and the

Wvdial & pppd

2000-11-08 Thread Clayton Stapleton
Hi Folks; Have read all the manual on this that I could find and looked at the archives on Debian.org with no luck. So here goes! Haves set up wvdial with all the info as requested. Can get wvdial to contact my ISP and then pppd dies and it tells me to look in /var/log for any error messages. Ther