Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 00:55:21 -0800 From: dale@northcoast.com To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: PPP setup trouble Message-ID: <199503190855.AAA26714@redwood.northcoast.com>
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Hi, I recently installed FreeBSD and I'm trying to get it connected to the Internet via PPP connection to my provider. I created the files in /etc/ppp as described in ppp.FAQ for PPP client setup. My SupraFAXmodem V.32bis is connected to COM1 (/dev/tty00). When I run /etc/ppp/pppup, I get 2 lines of ioctl error messages about "device not found" (or some such) and nothing happens. I went into kermit manually and tried to "SET LINE /dev/tty00" and got stuck, but pressing ctrl-C got me out and I was then able to CONNECT and interact with my modem. I don't have much confidence in the way I did the network part of my installation. I don't if that's causing me trouble here. One FAQ I read said to add the user login that was going to use ppp to the dialer group. I can't figure out how to set additional groups for a user beyond the one group specified in chpass. ...So I've had to do my experimentation logged in as root. Also, I've been unable to "su root" from my user login even though I created it in group 0 (wheel). Thank you.
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