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in terminal using wvdial i get the following:

Asked by kamakea

I am the only one who uses this computer. I only log in one way for everything so I do not understand why I am not logged in. I thought I was in root so I really dont understand.

Initializing moden.
Sending ATZ
ATZ
ok
Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2
ok
Moden initialized.
Sending: ATDT*99#
ATDT*99#
CONNECT
Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
Starting pppd at Thur Oct 2 16:05:20 2008
Warning: Cound not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied
--> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky.
Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied
-->CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky.
Pid of pppd: 6759
Using interface ppp0
pppd: ??[06] [08] ??[06] [08]

it repeats the above last line 6 times then:

Disconnecting at Thur Oct 2 16:31:37 2008
The PPP daemon has dies: A moden hung up the phone (exit code = 16)
man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.
Try again and look into /var/log/messages and the wvdial and pppd man pages for more information.

It then auto reconnects and continues over and over.

What do i do now?

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Karunesh Johri (kj-softprayog) said : 		#1

Since there is a "Permission denied" message, it is possible that wvdial is not able to read "Pap-secrets"/Chap-secrets" files. Is wvdial being run wit user-id "root". If not, you may ensure that owner of wvdial is root and set-user-id on execution bit is set for wvdial.

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