AutoPPP errorf

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Hi,

Sebastian Fritsch wrote:
> I compiled and installed PPP very sensible. But when someone tries to
> login via Win95 it doesn't work.
> 
> I got the following error message:
> 
> 04/05 19:31:19 ##### data dev=ttyS0, pid=15416, caller=none,
> conn='38400/REL', name='', cmd='/usr/sbin/pppd', user='/AutoPPP/'

That's no "error" message.  That's a message telling you that pppd was
started, and that you're now supposed to look into the PPP log to find out
why it didn't work.

> I think I checked the password and login twice (can it be my
> problem?).

Sure.  Check the PPP log.

> Ps: Where can I find the PPP logfile. /var/log/watch-ppp.log is about
> 0 bytes. The message above is copied from the mgetty log file.

PPP logs to syslog, facility "daemon" if I remember correctly (man pppd).
Specify "debug" on the command line.

Then enter something like this:

daemon.notice					/var/log/daemon.log

in /etc/syslog.conf, create the file, and send a "SIGHUP" signal to the
syslogd (man syslogd).

gert

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