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Re: Setting Up PPP link to ISP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Khalid S. Al-Khater)
Mon Nov 11 15:13:04 1996
From: "Khalid S. Al-Khater" <kskhater@qatar.net.qa>
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Cc: <compulov@wiretap.lakewood.nj.us>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 23:08:17 +0300
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Yes, But program uses that setting to connect. At the moment I used =
either seyon or ppp-on and neither uses the configuration from the =
control panel.
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> From: Leigh Koven <compulov@wiretap.lakewood.nj.us>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Setting Up PPP link to ISP
> Date: Monday, November 11, 1996 10:15 PM
>=20
> On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, tfreeman wrote:
>=20
> > I'm running Red Hat 4.0 with the updated rpm's, and most of the =
system in
> > nice. I would, however, like to get the pppd to behave, so that I =
can
> > (preferably) get diald running or (alternatively) setup the link to =
my ISP
> > as a user and not root.
> >=20
> > I tried using the nettool first (as root). This does not work, has =
not
> > worked, and doesn't appear like it will _ever_ work. YMMV.
> >=20
> > I was able to get "dip -t" working, when run as root, but since this
> > doesn't lead to getting diald running, I haven't worked on =
scripting.
> >=20
> > After copying, and editing, to /usr/sbin, I have ppp-on (with
> > ppp-on-dialer), and ppp-off working when I log in as root (su =
_doesn't_
> > work, you must come in as root from the login prompt). All scripts &
> > executables supposedly are setuid root (which is a security hole I
> > beleive).
> >=20
> > What more do people need to point me in a usable direction? (I've =
been
> > into the man, the HOWTO's, and whatever else I could find, but all =
the
> > words have succeeded in doing is confusion). I would like to move on =
to
> > getting local mail done right & getting netatalk running to give the =
kids
> > access to laser.
>=20
> RedHat 4.0 was confusing at first, myself having upgraded from 3.0.3. =
But
> I discovered the best way to get a PPP connection going in it was to =
use
> the control-panel applet netcfg to set it up right. Once I figured out =
how
> to use it, it was very easy. Just goto interface, and add one. Call it
> ppp0 and go through all the sections and fill out the necessary
> information.
>=20
> Hopefully that's enough to get you going, good luck!
>=20
> -Leigh
>=20
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