From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 21 15:52:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA02635 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:52:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA02531 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:52:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA02462; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:51:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:51:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Rich Winkel cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ijppp server config problems In-Reply-To: <199809200312.WAA29673@chumbly.math.missouri.edu> 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 On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Rich Winkel wrote: > I give up :-< > I'm trying to set up a ppp server for a static ip address. > I'm using ppp 1.65 with 2.2.6 stable, and regular getty (not mgetty). > The passwd entry for "cppp" has a shell which invokes: > /usr/sbin/ppp -direct cppp > ----------------- /etc/ppp/ppp.conf --------------- > default: > set debug phase lcp chat > disable lqr > disable passwdauth > set timeout 0 > > cppp: > disable passwdauth > set ifaddr server_addr client_addr 255.255.255.255 > enable proxy > --------------- /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup ------------ > cppp: > add client_addr netmask 255.255.255.255 HISADDR > ------------------------------------------------- > The error message is: > You may not use ppp in this mode with this label You're not running ppp as root. Add this line to your ppp.conf: allow users root myusername replace myusername with what's appropriate. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message