ppp help!

Hi

I have for the first time in a very long time found myself setting up dialup
internet access on a debain sarge box using kppp. I have it working when
logged on as root. When trying to log on as a user pppd dies (with very
little in the way of helpful information) right after about the time the
remote end is sending dynamically assigned ip address information after
successful user / pass negotiation. Its very likely to be a permissions
problem, what am I missing?

Thanks

K

K D wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have for the first time in a very long time found myself setting up dialup
> internet access on a debain sarge box using kppp. I have it working when
> logged on as root. When trying to log on as a user pppd dies (with very
> little in the way of helpful information) right after about the time the
> remote end is sending dynamically assigned ip address information after
> successful user / pass negotiation. Its very likely to be a permissions
> problem, what am I missing?
>
> Thanks
>
> K
Well, on my (Ubuntu) system, you need to belong to the "dip" group. pppd
runs SGID with group "dip".

Robert

Robert Harris wrote:

> Well, on my (Ubuntu) system, you need to belong to the "dip" group. pppd
> runs SGID with group "dip".
>
> Robert

Thanks Robert, but I have this one correct as well as the config file
permissions, I am thinking it is something that pppd does to negotiate or
set the dynamically assigned ip address that uses something external that I
haven't thought of...

K

K D wrote:
> Robert Harris wrote:
>
>> Well, on my (Ubuntu) system, you need to belong to the "dip" group. pppd
>> runs SGID with group "dip".
>>
>> Robert
>
> Thanks Robert, but I have this one correct as well as the config file
> permissions, I am thinking it is something that pppd does to negotiate or
> set the dynamically assigned ip address that uses something external that I
> haven't thought of...
>
> K
>
That is done through files in the directory /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/

Try setting debug on for pppd (put a "debug" line in the config file)
and look at the log.

Robert

K D <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hi

> I have for the first time in a very long time found myself setting
> up dialup internet access on a debain sarge box using kppp. I have
> it working when logged on as root. When trying to log on as a user
> pppd dies (with very little in the way of helpful information) right
> after about the time the remote end is sending dynamically assigned
> ip address information after successful user / pass negotiation.
> Its very likely to be a permissions problem, what am I missing?

Since pppd reached the IPCP negotiation stage, the problem might be
that the system already has a local route that includes the IP address
the peer requests. If this is the case then adding the pppd option
"noauth" in /etc/ppp/options should allow a normal user to complete
IPCP negotiations.

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