Re: kppp not dialing

[Raghavendra Bhat <ragu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

jayan sr wrote:

> 
> >From: Rajesh Fowkar <rfowkar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >When I try to dial using KPPP through any other user except root it gives
> >me
> >error saying that
> >       cannot create modem lock file.
> >
> >what could be the problem. Where is this lock file created ?.
> >KPPP works fine if I login as root.

> 1. This happens because the ppp demon can only run as root.
> the lock file is created in /var/lock
> 

If the user is added to the ppp dialout group by root, all these vanish 
into thin air....



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