Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 11:22:54 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: btg@superior.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp remote access Message-ID: <199811081122.LAA23436@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 06 Nov 1998 23:22:17 EST." <3643CAF9.2866@superior.net>
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> I have ppp up and running. However when IO try to dial my modem by
> telnetting into my unix box I get a message saying "you may not use ppp
> in this mode with this label". It works fin when I log in as root
> though. I have addes the user in the /etc/group file under networking
> and also added "allow users" in the ppp.conf file. Any help is
> appreciated. This is V2.2.7 by the way. Thanks
>
> Mike
Try giving the account that you're logging into a normal shell and
executing ppp -direct from there. This may tell you more or at least
narrow down where the problem is. I would suspect a mis-spelling in
the allow users line (or a second allow users line that overrides the
first).
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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