Re: ioctl(PPPIOCGUNIT): Operation not permitted

[Richard <nospam [at] zen.co.uk>]

Hi

Peter Pilgrim

> Before I had SuSE 6.1 I was using Slackware 3.4 successfully connecting to
> demon internet with the same Hayes Accura 336 PCMCIA Fax/Modem. Therefore
> I know my hardware set up is working. So I don't think it is problem with
> my modem, or pppd, or the device driver. Especially when the `chat' script
> can dial in to demon romp and connect but as soon the `pppd' is spawned I
> get the `ioctl(PPPIOCGUNIT) : Operation not permitted' message.
>
> Any pointers considered.

Hmm... first time I've seen SuSE behave in this way :-( I can't
think of a better answer than the one that Al Hudson has already
given you. Sorry about that.

Thanks

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