[NTLUG:Discuss] PPP Internet connection problems - Mandrake 9.1

[kdj1@ticnet.com]

Thanks for the Google reference, Jack!  The ping error message is 
corrected and, after a chmod, ping can be executed by all users.  Now 
internet shows 100% packet loss, while lan still shows good.  
Interesting note - while viewing ping file permissions, Konqueror showed 
that user/group was root, user had r-w-e, group and others had r---e 
permissions.  Sure wasn't so.  Ping only worked from root until I did a 
chmod +s on it.

Still no joy on the internet connection, but it's late & I'll try more 
tomorrow.

Best regards,

Dan F.

Jack Snodgrass wrote:

>google says that your ping permissions are not set up for non-root
>users.... 
>
>on the one that works.... are you doing that ping as root... and the 
>on that fails.... are you doing that as non-root? 
>
>looks like that is what is happening from the prompts below. 
>
>jack
>
>
>On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 17:21, kdj1 at ticnet.com wrote:
>  
>
>>I am unable to connect to the Internet on my machine using Mandrake 
>>9.1.  LAN is fine, but internet connection is dialup and cannot ping.
>>
>>Symptoms:  KPPP functions normally and reports connection and IP addr.  
>>Mozilla cannot find host.  Lan pings work, net pings fail.  Netstat and 
>>ifconfig report same IP addrs as KPPP, so it appears to me that the 
>>connection is being made.
>>
>>What might I have misconfigured?  I would appreciate any hints or 
>>pointers to a solution.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Dan F.
>>
>>KPPP stats, ping results, netstat results, and ifconfig results are below.
>>    
>>