Re: Alternatives that don´t suck?

[Lonni J Friedman]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Leon Goldstein
<metapsych at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Leon Goldstein wrote:
>
>> <snip>
>>
>> The reviewer of "Lenny" included some appreciated notes on hacking kppp so
>> it works for user.  I'll give the procedure a go, and maybe I'll be able to
>> get my Debian 4.0 to dialup as a user, eventually.
>>
> After trying the above noted hack, and reacting to various error messages, I
> finally managed to connect dialup as user on Debian 4.0 R3.
> Unfortunely, that connection does not seem to talk to either Iceweasel or
> Konq.  Maybe in a few more months of trying I'll succeed. :-(
>
> BTW here is my modified "Kppp hack":
>
>
> Debian 4.0 kppp hack
>     * Set up the
> modem configuration in kppp: modem device =/dev/ttyS0
>
>   * Create file: /etc/resolv.conf with permissions: root + user
>
>   * Edit the file: /etc/ppp/options as follows:
>         o change the line: auth to noauth
>         o comment out the line, lock i.e. #lock

doesn't this change effectively allow multiple users to simultaneously
control the modem?  If so, that seems rather bad.


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