I want to make ppp-connection under usual user (if it's safe, for now it is done under root - I'm the only user on this machine) - i think may this can help me to kill pppd when connection fails and the daemon does not control the situation... So, i found in ifup-ppp the following line that generate error 36: exec /sbin/ppp-watch "${CONFIG##ifcfg-}" "$2" as I start it simply by typing: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ppp /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-mf_gprs I checked /sbin/ppp-watch permissions, it is rwxr-xr-x - so ok. I do not understand what ${CONFIG##ifcfg-} means - I guess it hold the reason... So want to ask You, how make it done: to make user able to make ppp-connection? Big thanks for Your precious answers. -- Best regards, Strong.