Hi all, I am trying to set up my SuSE 7.1 Laptop for dial up access. When I use KPPP, I get an error stating: Cannot open any of the following logfiles: /var/log/syslog.ppp /var/log/syslog /var/log/messages What is the best course of action - is there a group that I need to add myself to so that I can start KPPP successfully or should I just modify the permissions of these files? Thanks, -ronc -- 9:42am up 4 days, 16:43, 1 user, load average: 0.06, 0.02, 0.00
Hi, On Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 09:45:17, Ron Cordell wrote:
I am trying to set up my SuSE 7.1 Laptop for dial up access. When I use KPPP, I get an error stating:
Cannot open any of the following logfiles: /var/log/syslog.ppp /var/log/syslog /var/log/messages
What is the best course of action - is there a group that I need to add myself to so that I can start KPPP successfully or should I just modify the permissions of these files?
You have to set kppp suid. chmod +s `type -p kppp`. Why not use yast2 and kinternet? Henne -- Hendrik Vogelsang aka Henne mailto: hvogel<at>hennevogel.de We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires and movie gods and rock stars, but we won't...And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very...very...pissed off. # random sigs made with fortune
On Saturday 27 April 2002 09:59 am, Henne Vogelsang wrote:
Hi,
On Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 09:45:17, Ron Cordell wrote:
I am trying to set up my SuSE 7.1 Laptop for dial up access. When I use KPPP, I get an error stating:
Cannot open any of the following logfiles: /var/log/syslog.ppp /var/log/syslog /var/log/messages
What is the best course of action - is there a group that I need to add myself to so that I can start KPPP successfully or should I just modify the permissions of these files?
You have to set kppp suid. chmod +s `type -p kppp`. Why not use yast2 and kinternet?
Henne
I just tried that as well, but I get exit code '2' from pppd, the same exit code I get from KPPP. -- 10:04am up 4 days, 17:04, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Hi, On Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 10:05:30, Ron Cordell wrote:
On Saturday 27 April 2002 09:59 am, Henne Vogelsang wrote:
On Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 09:45:17, Ron Cordell wrote:
I am trying to set up my SuSE 7.1 Laptop for dial up access. When I use KPPP, I get an error stating:
Cannot open any of the following logfiles: /var/log/syslog.ppp /var/log/syslog /var/log/messages
What is the best course of action - is there a group that I need to add myself to so that I can start KPPP successfully or should I just modify the permissions of these files?
You have to set kppp suid. chmod +s `type -p kppp`. Why not use yast2 and kinternet?
I just tried that as well, but I get exit code '2' from pppd, the same exit code I get from KPPP.
man pppd 2 An error was detected in processing the options given, such as two mutually exclusive options being used. Can you post the relevant parts of your /var/log/messages please. echo "PPP-TEST" | logger then start your connection with kinternet or kppp or whatever you use. Wait a minute and post the output of the command grep -A 50 "PPP-TEST" /var/log/messages Henne -- Hendrik Vogelsang aka Henne mailto: hvogel<at>hennevogel.de In the event of a dildo, we have to use the indefinite article 'a dildo', never 'your dildo' # random sigs made with fortune
On Saturday 27 April 2002 10:15 am, Henne Vogelsang wrote:
man pppd
2 An error was detected in processing the options given, such as two mutually exclusive options being used.
Can you post the relevant parts of your /var/log/messages please.
echo "PPP-TEST" | logger
then start your connection with kinternet or kppp or whatever you use. Wait a minute and post the output of the command
grep -A 50 "PPP-TEST" /var/log/messages
Henne
Many thanks for the replies! Yes, indeed! I have been reading the man pages about that error code, and watching the /var/log/messages file using the tail -f command. There is no output into the log files at all. I think it is because neither kinternet nor kppp has permissions to write to the log files. I tried issuing the command you suggested for kppp: chmod +s `type -p kppp` but received an error "too few arguments". (Again - many thanks) -ronc -- 10:26am up 4 days, 17:26, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Hi, On Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 10:30:08, Ron Cordell wrote:
On Saturday 27 April 2002 10:15 am, Henne Vogelsang wrote:
Can you post the relevant parts of your /var/log/messages please.
Yes, indeed! I have been reading the man pages about that error code, and watching the /var/log/messages file using the tail -f command. There is no output into the log files at all. I think it is because neither kinternet nor kppp has permissions to write to the log files. I tried issuing the command you suggested for kppp: chmod +s `type -p kppp` but received an error "too few arguments".
Did you tried that as root? Did you set up your modem with yast2 or yast? What for a Modem is that? You could also try wvdial.lxdialog and wvdial for dialing. If that not work post the output of wvdial. Henne -- Hendrik Vogelsang aka Henne mailto: hvogel<at>hennevogel.de You are not your hopes. You will not be saved. We are all going to die, someday. # random sigs made with fortune
Hi, Just a suggestion. Is the user a member of the 'dialout' group. I believe this may fix your permissions problems. Regards, Graham Smith ----------------------------------------
So, where does the 6.0 debacle leave us? wait and see if Sun will change its mind? chas ...
On Sunday 28 April 2002 13:57, schuetzen - RKBA! wrote:
So, where does the 6.0 debacle leave us? wait and see if Sun will change its mind?
chas
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The 6.0 "debacle"??? What's the debacle? Free software remains as it is. There's the (somewhat buggy and feature poor) Open Office. So long as 6.0 doesn't cost nearly as much as Word or WordPro (remember Lotus?), it will be affordable to almost everyone. It'll be nearly free; just not quite. There will be a 6.0 in July (I think), I don't know about individual academics, but I am reasonably sure that 6.0 will be free to academic institutions. I don't think this is a threat to the free software movement. -- dj tuchler dtuchler@earthlink.net
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