Hi, When I run (as user) wvdial on a console on SuSE 9.1, with the same configuration files as in SuSE 8.2, I get these messages (the connection works): --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied --> --> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky. --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied --> --> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky. --> pid of pppd: 6840 --> pppd: ovider --> Using interface ppp0 --> pppd: ovider --> pppd: ovider --> pppd: ovider .... --> Connected... Press Ctrl-C to disconnect --> pppd: ovider And a lot more of those "ovider" in between. What on earth are those "ovider" things? :-? I don't care about /etc/ppp/pap-secrets not been writeable - any way, pppd is suid: -rwsr-sr-- 1 root dialout 255044 2004-06-01 16:41 /usr/sbin/pppd* -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson