Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 14:29:55 +0000 From: John Murphy <john253@crosswinds.net> To: Den <ticktick@lineone.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP Message-ID: <vddc3tcpgc9ts5dohlt73842cb7onb4e06@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <16316.001212@lineone.net> References: <16316.001212@lineone.net>
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Den wrote: >Hello questions, > > Hi All > > I have a few questions. Me too :-) > > 1) I enabled the Firewall, and now when i use ppp it says > device already in use, and then says cant add route tun1 Is this the ppp firewall? There are others (ipfw & ipfilter). Which version of FreeBSD are you running. I noticed that user ppp is started by the 'ppp_enable=3D"YES"' line in /etc/rc.conf since 4.1 or so. > 2) and when i boot up, it automatically dials my modem (i just > noticed this, god knows how big my phone bill is), how do i turn > this off Ooops; can't help with the phone bill but you need to put: 'ppp_mode=3D"auto"' in /etc/rc.conf so that ppp only dials when = necessary. Also put ' set timeout 300' in your ppp.conf so that ppp will close the connection if there's no activity for 5 minutes. > 3) what do i put in ppp.conf to allow me to use ppp without having > to be in root, it says in the "man" add the line "add user", i did, > but dont know the syntex, i have my Normal user ID in the network > group, but when i use PPP, it says DENIED I believe the syntax to be ' allow users john' in my case. > if anyone can help, it would be much appricated, im not expecting > step by step details, just to be pushed or even kicked in the right > direction! man 8 ppp /usr/share/examples/ppp/ppp.conf.sample and http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/index.html HTH John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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