Re: failed ppp setup
On Sun, Jan 16, 2000 at 12:28:31PM -0500, John Davis wrote:
> Hello
>
> I need help with a partially configured ppp server. I have dial in
> working, but I can't get ppp to start.
>
> Currently, I can login to the proposed ppp server (via the modem from
> another linux computer using minicom) and get a shell. However, when I
> try to
> login as the ppp user, I get a permission deinied error and ppp doesn't
> start. Here's the minicom log:
The normal configuration to make a ppp connection is use your normal
login name with a capital P at the beginning. For instance, if you
login to the shell as "davis", you would login as "Pdavis" for ppp.
>
> login as: ppp
> password:
> </etc/motd snipped>
> No mail.
> /etc/ppp/ppplogin: Permission denied
>
> ------------------------------- The facts
> ----------------------------------------------------
> The computer/os info:
>
> Debian Linux slink (2.1 with latest patches installed.)
> i386 2.0.36 kernel
> Viking serial modem connected to COM1 (ttyS0).
>
> ----------------------------- The setup files and their contents
> -----------------------------------------
>
> mgetty related
> --------------------
> ---------------------
>
> /etc/inittab: (relevant line only)
> s0:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS0 -n1
>
> /etc/mgetty/mgetty.config: (complete)
> debug 4
> fax-id
> speed 38400
>
>
> ppp related
> --------------------
> ---------------------
> /etc/ppp/options (complete file contents)
> asyncmap 0
> crtscts
> lock
> modem
> debug
> proxyarp
> lcp-echo-interval 30
> lcp-echo-failure 4
> noipx
> lock
> domain johndavis.net
>
>
> /etc/passwd: (relevant line only)
> ppp:x:1003:30:ppp,,,:/tmp:/etc/ppp/ppplogin
>
> /etc/group: (relevant line only)
> dip:x:30:ppp
>
> /etc/shells:(relevant line only)
> /etc/ppp/ppplogin
>
> /etc# ls -l /usr/sbin/pppd
> -rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip 105532 Jun 18 1998 /usr/sbin/pppd
>
> /etc/ppp/ppplogin:
> #!/bin/sh
> mesg -n
> stty -echo
> exec /usr/sbin/pppd -detach crtscts modem
> #exec /usr/sbin/pppd passive crtscts modem
>
> So that ppp is not started on boot, I have no_ppp_on_boot file in
> /etc/ppp
>
>
> John Davis
>
>
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