Re: ppp problem

[Ed Cogburn <ecogburn@greene.xtn.net>]

Alisdair McDiarmid wrote:
> 
> i've got a wierd problem with ppp (the pon command to be
> precise). look:
> 
> [root:/home/alisdair/development/c] # ls -l /etc/ppp/peers/green
> -rwxrwxrwx   1 root     dip           575 Jun 20 03:37
> /etc/ppp/peers/green
> [root:/home/alisdair/development/c] # x
> exit
> [alisdair%letdown ~/development/c] $ cat /etc/ppp/peers/green
> cat: /etc/ppp/peers/green: Permission denied
> 
> this is just a test example: i'm trying to get pon to work
> normally. alisdair is a member of group dip, but why on earth
> is the above happening?


	Have you checked the permissions on the directories leading up to
the file 'green', ie., etc, ppp, and peers.


-- 
Ed C.