X-Git-Url: https://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=FAQ;h=9a1675a3eab5147145a3dc0d87dd8ccdcb75e59f;hp=2fdd5198f8b84ebf8c24379e5c00303e254da559;hb=1707ae587c89bb038a218d64880dd8ba1bac67bc;hpb=668432610763f1ba490fd21dca9f75f62a3c8a4f diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 2fdd519..9a1675a 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -480,3 +480,30 @@ inserting extra bogus characters into the transmit data stream, the peer may send protocol-reject messages to you, resulting in the above message (since your pppd doesn't recognize the protocol number either.) + + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +Q: I get a message saying something like "ioctl(TIOCSETD): Operation +not permitted". How do I fix this? + +A: This is because pppd is not running as root. If you have not +installed pppd setuid-root, you will have to be root to run it. If +you have installed pppd setuid-root and you still get this message, it +is probably because your shell is using some other copy of pppd than +the installed one - for example, if you are in the pppd directory +where you've just built pppd and your $PATH has . before /usr/sbin (or +wherever pppd gets installed). + + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +Q: Has your package been ported to HP/UX or IRIX or AIX? + +A: No. I don't have access to systems running HP/UX or AIX. No-one +has volunteered to port it to HP/UX. I had someone who did a port for +AIX 4.x, but who is no longer able to maintain it. And apparently AIX +3.x is quite different, so it would need a separate port. + +IRIX includes a good PPP implementation in the standard distribution, +as far as I know.