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mackdk

Member

Registered: 2006-01-20

Posts: 3

KPPP problem

I'm trying to connect to internet with kppp dialer (56k connection...) as a normal user but I always kppp tells me that pppd dies and gives me the following error :

Cannot open any of the following logfiles:
/var/log/syslog.ppp
/var/log/syslog
/var/log/messages

I really can't understand it. Note that both kppp and pppd have SUID set and that the /var/log directory is writable for normal users. Moreover I have no problem connecting manually with pppd deamon. Any clues?

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Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 12,020

Re: KPPP problem

that message usually appears when ppp has a problem starting.

Check dmesg or /var/log/errors.log for the cause of the error.

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Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: KPPP problem

I was having this problem when I was using kppp. Install sysklogd and add:
syslogd klogd
to the DAEMONS array in rc.conf.  They will create the necessary log files. Check these log files to get the error that caused pppd to die.

mackdk

Member

Registered: 2006-01-20

Posts: 3

Re: KPPP problem

Install sysklogd

Thanks! That it the spot. Kppp is a bit confusing since pppd the problem wasn't related to the log. It was the auth option I was sure to have commented out but I didn't.

Anyaway, I have a question now... Shouldn't syslog-ng do the same job of sysklogd? Why kppp had problems? Something wrong in my configuration?

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Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: KPPP problem

Install sysklogd

Thanks! That it the spot. Kppp is a bit confusing since pppd the problem wasn't related to the log. It was the auth option I was sure to have commented out but I didn't.

Anyaway, I have a question now... Shouldn't syslog-ng do the same job of sysklogd? Why kppp had problems? Something wrong in my configuration?

Yes, they are both logging daemons. I think syslog-ng is more modern. Probably kppp is still using the sysklogd daemons to log error message.