[plug] tracing ppp logon

[Arnold Kaars Sijpesteijn]

Thanks for your reply Christian, 
just a few more questions
> From:          Christian <christian at global.net.au>
> Dear Arnold,
> 
> Arnold Kaars Sijpesteijn wrote:
> > 
> > hi,
> > I am a newbie in the linux camp.  Have Red Hat 5.2 installed
> > successfully on my system. But am having a few probs logging on to my
> > server.  What is the easiest way to trace what is going on when I log
> > on?  (remember i am a newbie, so don't be too criptic ;-) )
 
> Try running: tail -f /var/log/messages (or /var/log/syslog)
I tried that. (had seen it somewhere else) but all that seemed to do 
was to hang in the window, could not get the prompt back or anything.
and where will I see the out put?  (I seem to remember to do a man 
tail as well, but not getting the manpage)
> in another window.  You should also make sure you have the debug option
> set on for pppd and the -v option for chat (to initiate verbose logging)
> if you're not doing a PAP log on.
> 
> I know Red Hat has some extra GUI utils to help with setting up a ppp
> connection but I'm sure these things still both apply.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Christian.
> 
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