From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 29 20:16:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from boris.netgate.net (boris2.netgate.net [204.145.147.155]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AB6C14D96 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2000 20:16:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wellsian@caffeine.com) Received: from localhost (wellsian@localhost) by boris.netgate.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA07868; Sat, 29 Jan 2000 20:15:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wellsian@caffeine.com) Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 20:15:13 -0800 (PST) From: wellsian X-Sender: wellsian@boris.netgate.net To: LaForgery Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: external modem setup In-Reply-To: <000801bf6ad6$c51fbb80$5183173f@centaari> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG There's lots of info on ppp at www.freebsd.org: http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/index.html Almost too much. :) Specific to dialing out: http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/c274.html And of course: % man ppp For chmod, try the chmod manpage: % man chmod Most basically, 'nix files have separate privileges for reading, writing, and executing (and other gunk), and these can be set differently for the owner, group, and "everyone else". Chmod just sets the bits associated with those various components. Dave On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, LaForgery wrote: > hi, i need to set up an external modem, and then ppp. > it would be greatly appreciated if anyone could tell me a procedure in which i could put my COM1 external modem to respond (please state the unix device names) > if you can, an explanation of how to get ppp working would be useful. > and a few other questions: > what does chmod do (i dont believe dos has any equivalents)? > how do you edit/create a config file (ex:ppp.config)? > an answer would be helpful, thanx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message