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I have a script to start PPP. However, the script only has execute
permission for root. Should I just give normal users (I am the only
user) execute permission, or (for security reasons) should I become
superuser whenever I want to execute the script? And how should I get
PPP to start whenever I log in as a normal user? Thanks.

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Quote:> I use "sudo" to allow "regular" users to run PPP as root. Since sudo uses an
> sudoers file I can limit PPP access to only trusted users.

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I am trying to establish a PPP connection to my ISP from my Linux box and I get
the following error message in the /var/adm/message file

Connect ppp0<-->/dev/ttyS1
Hangup (SIGHUP)
Modem hangup
Connection terminated
Exit

My options file in /etc/ppp looks like this:

debug
/dev/ttyS1
38400
modem
crtscts
lock
connect /etc/ppp/net-connect
asyncmap 0
defaultroute

My net-connect file in /etc/ppp looks like this:
#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/chat -v -t 60 -f /etc/ppp/net-chat

My net-chat file in /etc/ppp looks like this:

ABORT 'BUSY'
ABORT 'ON CARRIER'
''              AT&F\r
OK              AT&D2C1\r
OK              ATD5555555\r
ogin:           username\r
sword:          password\r

When I execute /usr/sbin/pppd, I hear the dialing and connection then nothing
happens.
I followed the instruction publiched in Linux Journal  (LJ#36: Novice-to-Novice
- A 10-Minute Guide for Using PPP to Connect Linux to the Internet).

Any idea why the phone keeps* up?

Emmanuel Emore

Please disregard my previous posting (Problem with PPP connection). There are a
couple of things I have not tried in PPP-HOWTO and Net2 HOWTO that might
resolve my problem.  I think it is related to routing and my network card on
the local LAN. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Emmanuel Emore

Quote:

>I am trying to establish a PPP connection to my ISP from my Linux box and I
get
>the following error message in the /var/adm/message file

>Connect ppp0<-->/dev/ttyS1
>Hangup (SIGHUP)
>Modem hangup
>Connection terminated
>Exit

>My options file in /etc/ppp looks like this:

>debug
>/dev/ttyS1
>38400
>modem
>crtscts
>lock
>connect /etc/ppp/net-connect
>asyncmap 0
>defaultroute

>My net-connect file in /etc/ppp looks like this:
>#!/bin/sh
>/usr/sbin/chat -v -t 60 -f /etc/ppp/net-chat

>My net-chat file in /etc/ppp looks like this:

>ABORT 'BUSY'
>ABORT 'ON CARRIER'
>''              AT&F\r
>OK              AT&D2C1\r
>OK              ATD5555555\r
>ogin:           username\r
>sword:          password\r

>When I execute /usr/sbin/pppd, I hear the dialing and connection then nothing
>happens.
>I followed the instruction publiched in Linux Journal  (LJ#36:
Novice-to-Novice
>- A 10-Minute Guide for Using PPP to Connect Linux to the Internet).

>Any idea why the phone keeps* up?

>Emmanuel Emore

(Emmanuel Emore), the following was written:

Quote:> When I execute /usr/sbin/pppd, I hear the dialing and connection then
> nothing happens.
> I followed the instruction publiched in Linux Journal  (LJ#36:
> Novice-to-Novice - A 10-Minute Guide for Using PPP to Connect Linux to

Where are your ip addresses?  You need to set you local & remote
addresses.  If you don't know them, you need to tell pppd to get them
dynamically.

Also, man pppd to figure out how to add more debugging to pppd (in
/etc/ppp).  This will tell exactly where you pppd connection is dying.

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