Re: still can't start ppp, even as root

["Jens B. Jorgensen" <jjorgens@bdsinc.com>]

Hamish Moffatt wrote:

> 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

/dev/ttys1 is NOT a virtual terminal, it is a pseudo terminal (just so nobody
gets confused)

> 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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