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From: Fengping Li <fli@post.its.mcw.edu>
To: mattb@mail.insync.net
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Subject: Re: KPPP
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Hi there,
Do the following as root:
touch /etc/ppp/options
chmod 777 /etc/ppp/options

Good luck!

On Sun, 24 Sep 100 mattb@mail.insync.net wrote:

> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 100 19:28:53 +0000
> From: mattb@mail.insync.net
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: KPPP
> 
> Hello,
> 
> This appears to be a simple  permissions problem yet I am not knowledgabe enough
> as of yet to figure it out...
> 
> The problem:
> 
> I have set up ppp simply by inputting my providers dialup information in the
> kppp dialup application.  I can establish a connection  only when i am logged in
> as root.  I would like to be able to just log in as a normal user or let someone
> else at the house establish a ppp connection without having to  login as root
> and then su to their respective user accounts.  I am using device cuaa0.  Also
> when i try to  use kppp while a regular user and fail to make a connection i see
> an error that says  something about options  no such file or directory.  I do
> not get this when i use ppp as root user.  As a non-root user i get as far as
> having the modem dial and then it attempts to connect and then it just drops. 
> any clues?
> 
> Mattmail.insync.net
> 
> 
> 
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