Re: /etc/ppp/options
I would say that pppd looks at /etc/ppp/options and at /etc/ppp/peers/ISP_name.
Since you can connect to the ISP as root, I guess that your problem is pppd
permitions. does ls show the existance of /etc/ppp/options when you are
looking as root ? Does pppd is suid ?
> Related to my previous post about learning to use Xisp, I'm trying to
> get PPP to work from a user account, my own, and so far haven't had
> any success. Whether I use Xisp or just "pon ISP_Name" I get the
> following in /var/log/ppp.log:
>
> pppd[2513]: Can't open options file /etc/ppp/options: No such file or directory
>
> I was under the assumption that pppd was supposed to use the file
> /etc/ppp/peers/ISP_Name for the options file? I can't figure out why
> it's not doing that. The same operations work fine for root, e.g.,
>
> pon ISP_Name
>
> fires up PPPD without a hitch. I don't see a problem with
> permissions. pppd is setuid root and /etc/chatscript, and all the
> files therein, are owned by root.dip. I'm also a member of the dip
> group in /etc/group. I even tried newgrp dip, which succeeded, but I
> still get the message about /etc/ppp/options not being there? Why is
> it trying to read that file instead of /etc/ppp/peers/ISP_Name?
>
> HELP!
> Gary
>
>
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