On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 07:10:27AM -0500, Barry Mathieu wrote: > Hmmm... I'm a Debian newbie using wvdial as an ordinary user, so I > wonder about the legitimacy of my method. > > I've added my username to the 'dialout' group in '/etc/group'. After you > edit that file, exacute, 'update-passwd'. Then try wvdial as an > ordinary user. > > I do get some warning at connection time: > > --> PPP negotiation detected. > --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied > --> --> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky. > --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied > --> --> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky. > --> Starting pppd at Fri Mar 23 06:35:28 2001 > > But the connection works! > > Hope this helps, > Barry >
If your ISP uses PAP/CHAP or you just want to get rid of the error messages, chmod 660 /etc/ppp/*-secrets. I use this same method. Does anyone know if this is a security risk?
