RP-PPPOE.RPM /Error starting connection ...>

Iain Stevenson yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon Apr 29 09:23:00 2002


It means it thinks it's a bad idea for "anyone" to be able to alter the=20
configuration files.  A chmod 644 /etc/ppp may fix it.

  Iain



--On Monday, April 29, 2002 4:59 pm +0200 m_kuschel@web.de wrote:

> Listers,
> finally I got and installed the "RP-PPPOE.RPM -Package" from "Roaring
> Penguin". Now - when trying to connect I the following error_message:
>
> Error starting connection:  Security Alert: =B4/etc/ppp/=B4 - writable by
> group or others
>
> What does this mean and how is this going to be fixed.
>
> Sorry to say - but for newbies - well its not OS X.
>
> Thank you for information.
>
> Martin
>
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