[Gllug] Can't connect to the Internet.

[Stephen Harker]

Walid Shaari wrote:
> 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

Call me strange, but shouldn't a Desktop orientated distro like SuSe 
have all this nonsense sorted at install time?
It's not unreasonable to expect a new user on a new installation to log 
in to KDE, push the Kppp button and log in to the internet first time? 
But faffing around changing suid bits and modem device permissions?
Steve



-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at linux.co.uk
http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug