Re: still can't start ppp, even as root
Check the permissions on the /dev/tty device. This is a LARGE cause of
the "ppp support" error. You can also try making your own kernel. PPP
is installed setuid so unless you changed anything it should be done.
setuid means that the bit is set so that when a program is started it
sets its uid (who runs it) to the user who owns it. So if it is a root
setuid app it is owned by root and had permission like srwxr-xr-x <--
the 's' indicates setuid.
Kenneth.Scharf@coulter.com wrote:
>
> I modified the ppp.chatscript and ppp.options_out files along with
> chap-secrets to reflect my ISP. Since I want to use my COM2 port to
> connect to the modem I created a symbolic link from /dev/modem->/dev/ttys1.
> Now when logged in as root I issue pon I still get the message this kernel
> does not have PPP support. In compiling the kernel I built the PPP support
> in, IE: it is NOT a module. The kernel source came from 2.0.33-7.deb
> (which added some tcp/ip fixes for teardrop attack and also the FAT32
> patches, I got this from the hamm area on the FTP server, but built it
> under 1.3.1 r6) It was mentioned that pppd has to be setuid root. How to
> do this? Setuid is a system call not a command?
>
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