[Gllug] Can't connect to the Internet.

[Walid Shaari]

On Sun, 2002-11-10 at 10:17, Dermot Moynihan wrote:
> On Sunday 10 November 2002 09:22, Ian Scott wrote:
> > > > 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?
> >
> > The problem is that when you type wvdial, you connect via the modem, and
> > only root has permissions to read/write to the port.
> >
> > To get round this, as root type
> >
> > chmod 777 /dev/modem
> >
> > (where /dev/modem is whatever port your modem is on - look in wvdial.conf).
> >
> > Then, you should be able to run wvdial as a non-root user.
> 
> Ian
> I did this. Checked wvdial.conf, Logged on as root, typed:
> 
> chmod 777 /dev/ttys0
> pressed ENTER
> and got the following:
> 
>  dermot at linux:~> wvdial
> --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.42
> --> Initializing modem.
> --> Sending: ATZ
> ATZ
> OK
> --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2
> ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2
> OK
> --> Modem initialized.
> --> Idle Seconds = 600, disabling automatic reconnect.
> --> Sending: ATDTxxxxxxxxxxx
> --> Waiting for carrier.
> ATDTxxxxxxxxxxx
> CONNECT 115200
> --> Carrier detected.  Starting PPP immediately.
> --> Starting pppd at Sun Nov 10 10:07:57 2002
> --> pid of pppd: 2047
> --> Disconnecting at Sun Nov 10 10:07:57 2002
> --> The PPP daemon has died: No root priv error (exit code = 3)
> --> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.
> --> I guess that's it for now, exiting
> --> The PPP daemon has died. (exit code = 3)

from the man page :

  3      Pppd  is  not  setuid-root and the invoking user is
              not root.
 so I guess as I am not a modem users for ages :) that you need to do :

chmod u+s /usr/sbin/pppd

but do an ls -l on pppd first and check what perms it have

Walid


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