Re: still can't start ppp, even as root
On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 02:28:57PM -0400, 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?
/dev/ttys1 is NOT a serial port, it is a virtual terminal. When you ask
ppp to run on a virtual terminal, it tells you the kernel does not have
PPP support, which isn't helpful at all but that's the way it is.
You want /dev/ttyS1, which IS a serial port.
Hamish
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