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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 09:05:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Radhika Sambamurti <radhika_narendran@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: ppp
To: Thomas Widlundh <tw@ettnet.se>
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Hi,
Looking at the handbook, for user ppp you do not need a
ppp-options file. The handbook lays out ppp quite well. It
is important to know if your ISP uses pap or chap
authentication as this affects the ppp conf file.
take a look at the handbook in case you havent already.


thx,
Radhika
--- Thomas Widlundh <tw@ettnet.se> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have fBSD 4.1 with Kde from the box with Kppp 1.6.22.
> I've managed to make the modem to work.
> But, when I try to connect to my ISP, it starts OK, but
> when my pppd is about to start, it dies, claiming
> "Can't open /etc/ppp/options. No such file or directory."
> And pppd is right! There isn'r!
> Reading all mans and kppp-helps, I don't manage to solve
> this problem.
> Oh, I'm trying to set up kppp and the connection from my
> user account, and I do all configging as root (except 
> the kppp).
> Can it be a matter of rights or something......?
> Oh, I almost forgot! Kppp is sometimes claiming it can't
> create a log.
> Anybody can give me a hand on this?
> Regards and thanks in advance,
> Thomas
> 
> 
> 
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