Re: PPP as normal user
>> "s" == servis <servis@purdue.edu> writes:
s> % ls -al /etc/ppp
s> total 92
s> 1 drwxr-xr-x 6 root dip 1024 Jul 26 14:48 ./
s> 7 drwxr-xr-x 64 root root 7168 Aug 26 06:49 ../
s> 36 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34938 Jul 9 10:58 connect-errors
s> 2 -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 1338 May 31 14:08 ip-down*
s> 1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 May 13 21:42 ip-down.d/
s> 2 -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 1454 May 13 21:42 ip-down.dpkg-dist*
s> 32 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31249 Aug 26 07:51 ip-log
s> 3 -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 2789 Jul 26 14:48 ip-up*
s> 1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Aug 11 08:46 ip-up.d/
s> 2 -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 1452 May 13 21:42 ip-up.dpkg-dist*
s> 2 -rw------- 1 root root 1553 Jul 9 12:58 pap-secrets
s> 1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root dip 1024 Jul 27 20:05 peers/
s> 1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 85 Mar 1 1997 ppp_on_boot
s> % pon
s> /usr/sbin/pppd: Can't open options file /etc/ppp/options: No such file or directory
s> As root it works perfectly. What am I missing?
Strange it works as root. As you can see, you don't have a
/etc/ppp/options file. Create one and try again.
cd /etc/ppp/
touch options
chmod 644 options
Ciao,
Martin
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