[plug] modem lock file

[Stephen Smart]

Mike Holland wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Stephen Smart wrote:
>
> > I got Linux about a week ago and until then had never seen it, so Im
> > about as new to it as you can get.
>
> Hello Max and welcome. You'll find Linux very easy and be an expert in a
> few weeks.
>   Would you believe a few months?  OK, two years of intense study.

Sounds like a lot of fun, I have no intention of studying Linux (not yet
anyway) although since I
got it I cant stay away from it and my wife wants to know who the stranger is
on the computer
in the back room. I have no misconceptions on using Linux and know it would
take a long time
to learn the basics let alone anything else. BUT I am having fun.

>
>
> May we ask what attracted you to Linux?
> Are you keen to look under the bonnet and learn how it works, take control
> of your machine? Thats where Linux works best.

Yes to all of the above, sick of windows and the many faults that come with
it and would love to
have a little bit of control over what goes on.

>
>
> > net and get an error message "cant create modem lock file" I brought Red
>
> You'll need to tell more. What was the full error message (it should say
> which program)?  How were you trying to connect? ie what command or
> program were you using?

using red hat 6 going to KDE menus, internet, KPPP
I click on setup then device and select /dev/ttys1 which works in root
if the use lock file is ticked when I go to modem and query it I get the
message "sorry, cant create modem lock file" if i untick it I get "sorry,
cant open modem"

>
>
> The error is probably from 'pppd'. Type "man pppd" to learn about it.
> Maybe give it root privileges with "chmod u+s /usr/sbin/pppd".

Tried that, also went to etc/ppp/options and removed the word lock

>
>
> > anything in either book. Everything I have read so far says if you dont
> > know what your doing (thats me) dont play around in root.
>
> That makes sense in an office, when you have a sysadmin. But at home,
> just be aware that its dangerous, and only use root when needed.

The only thing Im doing at the moment is trying to get my internet connection
to work in the
account so I can do a lot more reading  and I can only do that in root at the
moment

> Cheers Max

When I read about the evil's of drinking
I gave up reading

>
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