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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Path: sparky!uunet!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ac!edholz
- From: edholz@ac.wfunet.wfu.edu (Ed Holzwarth)
- Subject: PPL keeps giving me the same error!
- Organization: Columbia University Center for Telecommunications Research
- Message-ID: <edholz.716164787@ac>
- Sender: news@ctr.columbia.edu (The Daily Lose)
- Keywords: PPL, SLIP
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 22:39:47 GMT
- X-Posted-From: ac.wfunet.wfu.edu
- X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu
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- ppl: starting for edholz at Thu Sep 10 18:38:56 1992
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- could not find remote inet address in /usr/lib/ppl/ppl.remotes
- exiting
- goodbye
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- PPL gives me the above error no matter what is in the corresponding line
- in ppl.remotes... Here is the ppl.remotes file...
-
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-
- 152.17.5.1 # remote host name or Internet address for edholz
- 152.17.1.1 # local host name or Internet address for ac
- 255.255.0.0 # Internet mask
- SLIP # protocol [SLIP] [ASLIPC] [ASLIPS] [PPP]
- DIRECT # type [DIRECT] [DIALIN] [DIALOUT] [DIALIN & DIALOUT]
- # UUCP system name
- # line parity [EVEN] [ODD] [NONE]
- # line speed
- # serial line
- # phone number
- # modem control available [YES] [NO]
- # log in info
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-
- I am sure you noticed the "for edholz" and "for ac" comments after the
- remote and local inet address lines... However, the error comes up whether
- those are there or not. I have tried to follow the examples as closely as
- possible... Does anyone have any help or ideas?
-
- Thanks in advance,
- Ed Holzwarth
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