On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 10:09 -0400, Martin Hicks wrote: > On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 07:21:58PM -0400, Fred Williams wrote: > > > > Anyway, what I'd like to know is how come when I tried to run > > "pppoeconf" I got an "unknown command" error. Do I need to ... well, I > > just don't know what to do next about that, or even what to ask. > > > > Okay...who did you run the command as? Your user or root? Here are > some instructions that I just pulled out of my *ss. I don't have a > fedora box to actually test any of this one. I don't even know if > pppoeconf is on a fedora system. > I was running it in a window console as root. It may not be on my system, I'm guessing. ??? > first, either log in as root or switch to the root user from your normal > user: > > user$ su - > <type in password here when prompted> > root# > > Then try to run pppoeconf with a bit more intelligent path: > > /usr/sbin/pppoeconf > > If you still get "command not found" then try this... > > find / -name pppoeconf > > that will churn a whole lot, and may take quite a long time. If it > comes back with any filename that looks to be a binary (i.e., in a bin > or sbin directory) then try running it with a full path, like I did with > /usr/sbin above. > No result from any of the above. I get a whole bunch of "No such file of Directory" even with the "-name" command. I think this system is badly out of whack,... or maybe I am, but I'm hoping it's the system. > Follow instructions as pppoeconf prompts you... > Good luck. Thanks, MB, I'm going to need that luck, and maybe a little hand holding,... prayer. OK, on my own recognisance, I have downloaded a file called "rp-pppoe-3.8.tar.gz" Does anyone want to venture into telling me what I might do with it.(;-)) -- Regards, Fred Williams <unclefred [ at ] fredwilliams [ dot ] ca> <http://www.fredwilliams.ca>