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Re: [TCLUG:20209] useful things: dialup script
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> this seems a bit kludgy, tho. can anyone think of a better way to do it?
> I had to chmod /var/log/messages to be group-readable to make this work.
Kinda [OT] but still related, I made a discovery last night that I was
hoping would never happen. Since RedHat 4.0, I've always built my dialup
connections by running netcfg under X. I created a PPP device, pointed it
at /dev/modem, assigned it my static IP from my ISP, ifup ppp0'd, and poof
it worked. Last night I installed Redhat Pinstripe, and when I run netcfg
the PPP option is no longer there (although SLIP is, go figure). How can I
set up a ppp0 without using netcfg? I want a commandline based dialup (AKA
not Kppp) and I'm not sure how to set it up without netcfg. Can anyone give
me some pointers?
-Bian
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