On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Ted Wager wrote: -|On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Christopher W. Aiken wrote: -|> just installed my SuSE 7.0 Prof. I set up a normal -|> user and placed him in the "dialout" and "uucp" user -|> groups. I removed the "lock" command from /etc/ppp/options. -|> -|> When I set up kppp, I remover the check box that indicates -|> to use a "lock" file. When kppp is run, the phone connection -|> is made and during the invocation of "pppd", kppp shuts down -|> with a "can not open lock file" error. -|> -|> Anyone else get this message? How do I correct? Why is -|> a lock file involved since I removed the "lock" command -|> from /etc/ppp/options? Almost sounds like a "permissions" -|> problem but where and what file? -|> -|Hi... -|I had the same problem with the kppp dialler so I setup wvdial and all is well.. -|-- -| Regards -| -| Ted Wager -| Yes I do have wvdial up and running, but this kppp lock file thing is like a bad itch. I just gotta "scratch it" and find out the mystery... Part of the learning process I guess. --- Christopher W. Aiken, Scenery Hill, Pa, USA chris at cwaiken dot com, www.cwaiken.com Current O/S: SuSE Linux 7.0 Professional -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq