[97155] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Initiating pppd as a user
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Shepard)
Sun Nov 1 15:24:49 1998
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:28:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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In-Reply-To: <199811011955.OAA11338@fourier.capital.edu.capital.edu>
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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Dave Reed wrote:
Dave,
> Here are my settings and it works for me:
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 29 09:32 /dev/modem ->/dev/ttyS2
Yup. Removed the symbolic link between /dev/cua2 and /dev/modem, created a
new symbolic link between /dev/ttyS2 and /dev/modem:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 1 11:13 /dev/modem ->/dev/ttyS2
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 66 Nov 1 14:30 /dev/ttyS2
Yup, the same:
[root@salmo /usr]# ls -l /dev/ttyS2
crw-r--r-- 1 root root 4, 66 Nov 1 11:20 /dev/ttyS2
> -rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 69084 Mar 25 1997 /usr/sbin/pppd*
Here we differ a bit: chmod u+s (or chmod g+s) /usr/sbin/pppd yields an
upper-case 'S':
-rwSr-Sr-x 1 root root 104876 Apr 23 1998 /usr/sbin/pppd
> Also, make certain your /usr/sbin directory is readble and executable
> by everyone
Yes, it is:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3072 Sep 22 06:36 sbin
Now, as a user, I type /usr/sbin/pppd and nothing happens. What have I
left off here? Do I need to put /usr/sbin in my $PATH despite explicitly
using the full path on the command line? Do I need to reboot for changes to
take effect? How do I now go about isolating the source of the problem?
Thanks again,
Rich
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