[Gllug] Can't connect to the Internet.

[Norman Duncan]

Dermot

I have just picked up the last bit of your thread.
I too am a new and simple user ... with SuSE previously 7.3 now 8.1 running
... and having problems/learning. ¿Which version are you running? I think I
probably lost your earlier mails when I lost everything I had in the SuSE
7.3 by trying to directly upgrade to 8.3 (without saving backups)
Maybe we can help each other a bit , under the eye of the experts, who can
join in from time to time.

Regarding your message:
- when you just open a console normally you are in the system as ANOTHER
USER without many permissions to change hardly anything
- su lets you enter as root with permission to tinker with everything
- somewhere you should have kppp dialer (if you have KDE running with your
SuSE). this sets up similarly to a windows dialer.

My current problem in setting up kppp is that:

1. when I first try to open KPPP it tells me that
    you don't have sufficient permissions to open usr/sbin/pppd
    please make sure that kppp is owned by root and has the SUID bit set

2. but then it lets me open the kppp programme, dials, connects, flashes
logging in for half a second before closing down

I have been through the various reasonable options for kppp set up , taking
out the firewall, taking out the antivirus, .... but all with the same
results.

I am sure that I am missing something in this set up procedure that is
throwing things out.

Best of luck

Norman


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dermot Moynihan" <dermoyn at onetel.net.uk>
To: <gllug at linux.co.uk>
Sent: sábado, 09 de noviembre de 2002 22:09
Subject: Re: [Gllug] Can't connect to the Internet.


> Good news. At last I've managed to connect to the Internet. Entered the
> settings as root in wvdial.conf.
> Now I open a console, type Su, my password, Wvdial, click on a link and
I'm on.
> It's a bit of a hassle - why do I have to be su. to make this happen? I
> certainly do not want to be comparing this with the way I just have to
> click on a link in Windows and the dialling follows automatically,
however,
> it's my only frame of reference.  Is this the only way I can get on the
net
> with linux?
> By the way, during the loading of Linux I notice that PPP0 is listed as
> 'manual' whereas everything else is listed as 'done'. Would that be
> anything to do with it?
>
> Thanks go to Vincent, Jason, Andrew H, Andrew W, Mark, Michael, Bruce,
> mriscott, Jim, Uncle Tom Cobbley and all. Apologies if I've left anybody
> out. I tried everything, no kidding, that was suggested. Some were
probably
> opposites! I had to reinstall Linux at one stage just to get my bearings
> again. I then went back to wvdial as I had got farther with that than
> anything else. Also, I checked out the suggested links.
> So, thanks again to all and sundry - yee've got a nice thing here.
> If anyone has time for any suggestions as to how I can do things as an
> ordinary user I'd be grateful.
> all the best
> Dermot
>
>
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