PPPD Problem
Chip Atkinson (chip@pupman.com)
Sun, 19 Sep 1999 23:00:14 -0600
Try checking the permissions of pppd. You should chmod it to 4755 or
4555 like so:
chmod 4755 /usr/sbin/pppd
This should work. It worked for me when I had the exact same problem.
Chip
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Chip Atkinson
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On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Tom Reinertson wrote:
> This probably isn't a fair question to ask here, but I expect most
> everyone here already knows the answer so I hope it's okay to ask
> anyway.
>
> I faithfully followed the AutoPPP instructions for allowing Windows
> workstations to dial into my server. Dialing from Windows works just
> fine. Now, however, I can't dial in from a Linux workstation. I
> believe the mgetty portion is correct, it's just the pppd portion.
>
> The error that appears on the terminal window is as follows:
>
> Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
> Kernel 2.2.5-15 on an i686
>
>
> C3!login: ppp
> Password:
> Last login: Fri Sep 17 13:54:43 on ttyS0
> -pppd: Can't open options file /home/ppp/.ppprc: Operation not permitted
>
>
>
> My mgetty log file, /etc/mg.ttyS0 is as follows:
>
> --
> 09/19 19:20:05 ##### data dev=ttyS0, pid=2034, caller=, conn='115200',
> name='', cmd='/bin/login', user='ppp'
>
> --
> 09/19 19:20:06 yS0 TIOCMBIS failed: Input/output error
> 09/19 19:20:06 yS0 cannot turn off soft carrier: Input/output error
> 09/19 19:20:06 yS0 tcgetattr failed: Input/output error
> 09/19 19:20:06 yS0 cannot get TIO: Input/output error
> 09/19 19:24:02 ##### data dev=ttyS0, pid=2123, caller=none,
> conn='115200', name='', cmd='/usr/sbin/pppd', user='/AutoPPP/'
>
>
> Note that the entry at time 19:24:02 is when I dialed in with Windows.
> The entries for time 19:20:xx are when I tried dialing in with Linux.
>
> I would be very grateful for any help on this one.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tom
>
>
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