Very Computer

Hello,

after reading ppp man page and manual pages, I have set all (I thought!)
the correct stuff... and still when my modem finishes the handshake, it
dies with an error message.

So:

/etc/ppp/ppp.conf

has the entry:

# I trust user brian to run ppp, so this goes in the `default' section:
#
    allow user my_user
#
# But label `internet' contains passwords that even brian can't have, so
# I empty out the user access list in that section so that only root can
# have access:
#
    allow users my_user

the /etc/group

has

dialer:*:68:my_user
network:*:69:my_user

/usr/sbin/

looks like this:

-r-sr-xr--   1 root  network  193972 Feb 15  1999 ppp
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root  wheel      8632 Feb 15  1999 pppctl
-r-sr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     85088 Feb 15  1999 pppd  

What is missing?  
Of course, every thing is OK with the root...
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marc Andre Paquin

Quote:> Hello,

> after reading ppp man page and manual pages, I have set all (I
thought!)
> the correct stuff... and still when my modem finishes the handshake,
it
> dies with an error message.

What is the error message?

Quote:

> So:

> /etc/ppp/ppp.conf

> has the entry:

> # I trust user brian to run ppp, so this goes in the `default'
section:
> #
>     allow user my_user
> #
> # But label `internet' contains passwords that even brian can't have,
so
> # I empty out the user access list in that section so that only root
can
> # have access:
> #
>     allow users my_user

> the /etc/group

> has

> dialer:*:68:my_user
> network:*:69:my_user

> /usr/sbin/

> looks like this:

> -r-sr-xr--   1 root  network  193972 Feb 15  1999 ppp
> -r-xr-xr-x   1 root  wheel      8632 Feb 15  1999 pppctl
> -r-sr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     85088 Feb 15  1999 pppd

> What is missing?
> Of course, every thing is OK with the root...
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Marc Andre Paquin

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Before you buy.

With KDE:

The pppd daemon died unexpectedly!
my_box pppd[495]: Can't open options file /etc/ppp/options: No such file
or directory

In Xterm:

ppp my_isp
isp: User access denied

Since that user can su root, an xterm window with root will start ppp
with success!!!

Does this help to understand?

Thanks
Marc

Quote:

> > So:

> > /etc/ppp/ppp.conf

> > has the entry:

> > # I trust user brian to run ppp, so this goes in the `default'
> section:
> > #
> >     allow user my_user
> > #
> > # But label `internet' contains passwords that even brian can't have,
> so
> > # I empty out the user access list in that section so that only root
> can
> > # have access:
> > #
> >     allow users my_user

> > the /etc/group

> > has

> > dialer:*:68:my_user
> > network:*:69:my_user

> > /usr/sbin/

> > looks like this:

> > -r-sr-xr--   1 root  network  193972 Feb 15  1999 ppp
> > -r-xr-xr-x   1 root  wheel      8632 Feb 15  1999 pppctl
> > -r-sr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     85088 Feb 15  1999 pppd

> > What is missing?
> > Of course, every thing is OK with the root...
> > --
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Marc Andre Paquin

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> Before you buy.

[snip snip]

Quote:> ppp my_isp
> isp: User access denied

> Since that user can su root, an xterm window with root will start ppp
> with success!!!

> Does this help to understand?

> Thanks
> Marc

[snip snip]

Try to add the allow users to the default label....

default:
 allow users *

See if that "*" let's him in.

-- Peter

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Before you buy.

No... that did not work!

I guess it's one of those things...
I don't know where to go from here!

Any ideas?
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marc Andre Paquin

The only thing that I can think of is file permissions.

/usr/sbin/ppp should be 4554 owner root group network
/etc/ppp/ppp.conf should be 644 owner root group network

You either have to have the ppp 'user' in the network group or chgmod on
/usr/sbin/ppp to 4555

Other than that, this is way above my head.

-- Peter

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Before you buy.

Yes it is file permissions.  The user must be a member of the network group,
and listed on the allow users line.  Hope this helps.  I beleive it was all in the
man page as that is how I figured it out.

MeatHead