brussell123
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Dialin Internet connection sharing
Hi all,
I'm sure that this has been answered on EE already but I have been unable to find a solution to my specific problem. I have been working with Linux for about 3 weeks. I have a Fedora Core 4 machine with a modem. I need to be able to allow remote windows machines dialin to this server and have access to the internet. Is there a package that will do this or will I have to set up the connection sharing and modem damon separatly? I know this can be done easy enough on a windows machine but Linux seems to be better suited to the job.
I'm sure that this has been answered on EE already but I have been unable to find a solution to my specific problem. I have been working with Linux for about 3 weeks. I have a Fedora Core 4 machine with a modem. I need to be able to allow remote windows machines dialin to this server and have access to the internet. Is there a package that will do this or will I have to set up the connection sharing and modem damon separatly? I know this can be done easy enough on a windows machine but Linux seems to be better suited to the job.
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From my understanding RADIUS would be an authentication service that I would set up in addition to the dial up server. I need to know how to get the dial up server off the ground first.
hello
I think this is what you're looking for;
http://developers.sun.com/solaris/technotes/linuxppp.html
http://yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialPPP-Dial-in.html
I think this is what you're looking for;
http://developers.sun.com/solaris/technotes/linuxppp.html
http://yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialPPP-Dial-in.html
ASKER
Hi again!
OK, here's the deal. I have set up mgetty on my serial port. I can dial in and mgetty picks up. However, when the client transmits the username and password the connection is instantly closed. I have not been able to isolate the problem. The mgetty logfile has the following statement:
05/04 09:51:54 ##### data dev=ttyS0, pid=3763, caller='none', conn='33600/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V
05/04 09:51:54 yS0 cannot execute '/etc/ppp/ppplogin': Permission denied
after this statement mgetty closed the connection and re-initializes.
I have followed the instructions posted at http://linuxgazette.net/issue36/html
Any thoughs?
OK, here's the deal. I have set up mgetty on my serial port. I can dial in and mgetty picks up. However, when the client transmits the username and password the connection is instantly closed. I have not been able to isolate the problem. The mgetty logfile has the following statement:
05/04 09:51:54 ##### data dev=ttyS0, pid=3763, caller='none', conn='33600/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V
05/04 09:51:54 yS0 cannot execute '/etc/ppp/ppplogin': Permission denied
after this statement mgetty closed the connection and re-initializes.
I have followed the instructions posted at http://linuxgazette.net/issue36/html
Any thoughs?
what are the permissions of /etc/ppp/ppplogin
and -is there an /etc/ppp/ppplogin- ?
and -is there an /etc/ppp/ppplogin- ?
ASKER
there is an etc/ppp/ppplogin
the result of an ls -ll /etc/ppp/ppplogin is:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 72 May 3 13:29 /etc/ppp/ppplogin
the result of an ls -ll /etc/ppp/ppplogin is:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 72 May 3 13:29 /etc/ppp/ppplogin
it's runable...
what are the permissions for the directory?
ls -ld /etc/ppp
what are the permissions for the directory?
ls -ld /etc/ppp
ASKER
ls -ld /etc/ppp:
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 4 9:54
and I can run the program as a user
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 4 9:54
and I can run the program as a user
ASKER
I think it is being called by the following line in my /etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.
/AutoPPP/ - a_ppp /etc/ppp/ppplogin
should AutoPPP be a user on the machine?
/AutoPPP/ - a_ppp /etc/ppp/ppplogin
should AutoPPP be a user on the machine?
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thats my pppd file exactly!
This is most frustrating. I commented out the /AutoPPP/ line in login.config forcing mgetty to use /bin/login for troubleshooting purposes. Now the log file shows /bin/login executing but then the call is just disconnected and mgetty re-initializes
This is most frustrating. I commented out the /AutoPPP/ line in login.config forcing mgetty to use /bin/login for troubleshooting purposes. Now the log file shows /bin/login executing but then the call is just disconnected and mgetty re-initializes
ASKER
thats the same page I posted earlier ;-)
ASKER
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ASKER
Ok, I put the /AutoPPP/ line back in and am back to getting "Permission denied" in my log. However, it appears to just be a PPP problem because I can hyperterminal into the machine just fine.
ASKER
Well, I have re-installed Fedora and now everything works fine. Not an elegant solution but it does work.
http://www.freeradius.org/