From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 29 11:54:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from stimpy.sasknow.com (h139-142-245-100.ss.fiberone.net [139.142.245.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D42137BDB6 for ; Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:54:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Received: from localhost (ryan@localhost) by stimpy.sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA18158; Tue, 29 Feb 2000 13:54:39 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 13:54:39 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: jason sonic Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dail up In-Reply-To: <20000229184719.4765.qmail@web3306.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Organization: SaskNow Technologies [www.sasknow.com] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG jason sonic wrote to questions@FreeBSD.ORG: > hello, I am Jason. I have just began running FreeBSD > 4.0 current. I am having trouble though making a > dialup connection to the internet. I use an ISP. > Plus when I try to enter things like /etc/remote or > /dev/whatever it tells me permission is denied. Can > you tell me why. when I do all of this I am using my > root login. Problem being, you are trying to execute files that are not meant to be executed. Even root can't execute a file from a shell without first setting the exec bit on the file. In any case, you're doing it wrong. You need to use a text editor to modify most files in /etc. You should NOT attempt to modify any devices in /dev; you will experience errors or strange results. Use MAKEDEV instead. Read the extensive handbook section on PPP: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ppp-and-slip.html It contains some really good information on getting started. Also: http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/ Also: http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/ppp.html Also: man ppp Read, read, read, my friend. And, after having done so, if you still have questions, feel free to post a more specific problem so someone can help you in detail. > And, on the installation it told me that > lynx would not be able to run properly on mine. Isn't > there a Netscape Navigator that runs under unix? Yes, there is... In fact, Netscape has been ported directly to FreeBSD. It is available in the ports collection: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ Or, in /usr/ports/net/communicator* if you have installed the ports tree. > Well, that you for your time and I would appreciate > any help you could give me. thank you. and if your > not sure how it would have to be done on 4.0, could > you tell at least how to get it done under 3.4? thanks....jason(s0n1c) I would recommend against using 4.0 at the time being. It hasn't even been released yet, and there are some definite problems with it. It is still the -CURRENT branch, and is usually destined for experienced developers and testers only. If you can wait for the new features, I would recommend installing 3.4 and cvsupping to -STABLE. -- Ryan Thompson Systems Administrator, Accounts Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message