[H-GEN] PPP Support problem

[Mike Andrew]

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On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Harry Phillips wrote:
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> 
> I am running Mandrake 6.1 with kernel 2.2.13-22.
> 
> When I start kppp I get the warning 'Your kernel doesn't have ppp support blah
> blah blah', if I Ok the message and connect to my ISP it wil clap out when it's
> trying to start ppp.
> 
> The funny thing is if I switch to another console as root and run pppd from the
> command prompt, wait till it's finished, switch back to X and start kppp and
> connect it works fine.
> 
> Is it a module not loading for my ordinary user but will for root or a
> permissions thing?

HA! you got it right on both counts, the module (pppd) wont load because it's a
permissions thing.

the short answer is

chmod u+s /usr/bin/pppd

the long answer is PPP->CLIENT on the Site below

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