Re: Internet pon help

[Jim Foltz <aa204@acorn.net>]

Hi,

/dev/modem does not exist unless you create it. You have a couple of
options.

First, in the /etc/ppp/peers/provider file, you can change /dev/modem to
your real modem device: try /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1 ...

Second option, make a symbolic link from /dev/modem to your real modem device. 

# ln -s /dev/modem /dev/ttyS# 

where # is the number of your real modem device.

Then, use adduser to add your normal non-root login to the dip group:

# adduser non-root-user dip

So you don't need to be root to start a ppp session.


On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 03:40:56PM -0500, Chesshome wrote:
> I ran "/usr/doc/pppconfig" but came into a nother problem when I tried to run "pon" it gave me a errer "/usr/sbin/pppd: infile /etc/ppp/peers/provider: unrecognized option '/dev/modem' " Agian can someone help me?
> 
> thank's
> chesshome

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Jim Foltz <aa204@acorn.net>