Once the /etc/ppp/chap-secrets has been written to by the IP, the original pernissions can be restored. The problem however may recurr at another call in site. When I was using ATT.net , all was well for dialout from home. But when I tried an ATT.net dialup while visiting elsewhere, the chap-secrets problem was encountered. So it seems that different callup numbers on the same Some.NET may have different security protocols. MarvS On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Jan Groenewald<jan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 02:54:45PM -0400, Marvin Stodolsky wrote: >> Re --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied >> --> --> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky. >> is a known problem. The fix is in >> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-sixth/msg04656.html >> > I did chgrp dialout /etc/ppp/*ap-secrets and chmod 660 /etc/ppp/*ap-secrets. > This is a single-user machine, I guess it is not most secure but should > be OK. > > regards, > Jan > > -- > .~. > /V\ Jan Groenewald > /( )\ www.aims.ac.za > ^^-^^ >
