While discussing the paradoxes involved in using Christians as lightning 
conductors on church steeples, Greg Hope said this about Good Amiga BBSs

 G'day Greg,

AAAAAAARRRRGGH! I had this replied to and my Amy crashed. :-(

 MO>> still has a problem in a config somewhere. The ppp.device to be
 MO>> specific. :(

 GH> What is happening?

Dunno. When I fire it up it asks for a password which I enter. Incorrect is
says. Login again and enter the same password and it works. 

I'll put up a dostrace so you can see what's happening. Forgive the rubbish
in it.

11.SD0:> startnet
login: Fleagle
Password:
Login incorrect
login: fleagle
Password:
Last login: Wed Dec 18 17:29:48 1996 from Console
AmiTCP/IP version 4.0 demo
Copyright © 1994 AmiTCP/IP Group,
                 Network Solutions Development Inc., Finland.
Copyright © 1980--1991 The Regents of the University of California.
            All rights reserved.
[CLI 9]
AmiTCP/IP initialization failed: Could not make bsdsocket.library visible
(already exists).
DEVS:Networks/ppp.device: Device driver is offline (Unit is currently
offline)
Could not get DEVS:Networks/ppp.device (unit 0) online.
This may be due to possible configuration error of the Sana2 driver.
Interface ppp0 not found!
Interface ppp0 configuration failed!

startnet: Changing current directory to "Mail:AmiTCP/bin": OK
startnet: Getting shared lock on "startnet": OK
startnet: Examining "Mail:AmiTCP/bin/startnet": OK
startnet: Opening old file "startnet": OK
startnet: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
EXECUTE: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
EXECUTE: Getting shared lock on "EXECUTE": Failed
EXECUTE: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
EXECUTE: Changing current directory to "Ram Disk:": OK
EXECUTE: Getting shared lock on "EXECUTE": Failed
EXECUTE: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
EXECUTE: Changing current directory to "System:C": OK
EXECUTE: Getting shared lock on "EXECUTE": OK
EXECUTE: Examining "System:C/Execute": OK
EXECUTE: Loading segmented image "EXECUTE": OK
EXECUTE: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
EXECUTE: Opening old file "PROGDIR:startnet": OK
EXECUTE: Getting shared lock on "T:": OK
EXECUTE: Opening new file "T:Command-00-T11": OK
EXECUTE: Opening old file "T:Command-00-T11": OK
login: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
login: Getting shared lock on "AmiTCP:bin/login": OK
login: Examining "Mail:AmiTCP/bin/login": OK
login: Loading segmented image "AmiTCP:bin/login": OK
login: Getting shared lock on "AmiTCP:bin/login": OK
login: Getting parent of "Mail:AmiTCP/bin/login": OK
login: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
login: Opening old file "CONSOLE:": OK
login: Opening old file "CONSOLE:": OK
login: Opening old file "AmiTCP:db/nologin": Failed
login: Getting shared lock on "mail:AmiTCP/bin": OK
login: Changing current directory to "Mail:AmiTCP/bin": OK
login: Getting shared lock on ".hushlogin": Failed
login: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
login: Opening old file "AmiTCP:db/motd": Failed
umask: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
umask: Getting shared lock on "AmiTCP:bin/umask": OK
umask: Examining "Mail:AmiTCP/bin/umask": OK
umask: Loading segmented image "AmiTCP:bin/umask": OK
umask: Getting shared lock on "AmiTCP:bin/umask": OK
umask: Getting parent of "Mail:AmiTCP/bin/umask": OK
umask: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
AmiTCP: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
AmiTCP: Getting shared lock on "AmiTCP:AmiTCP": OK
AmiTCP: Examining "Mail:AmiTCP/AmiTCP": OK
AmiTCP: Opening old file "AmiTCP:AmiTCP.info": Failed
AmiTCP: Loading segmented image "AmiTCP:AmiTCP": OK
AmiTCP: Getting shared lock on "AmiTCP:AmiTCP": OK
AmiTCP: Getting parent of "Mail:AmiTCP/AmiTCP": OK
AmiTCP: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
run: Executing "": Failed
WaitForPort: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
WaitForPort: Getting shared lock on "WaitForPort": Failed
WaitForPort: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
WaitForPort: Changing current directory to "Ram Disk:": OK
WaitForPort: Getting shared lock on "WaitForPort": Failed
WaitForPort: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
WaitForPort: Changing current directory to "System:C": OK
WaitForPort: Getting shared lock on "WaitForPort": Failed
WaitForPort: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
WaitForPort: Changing current directory to "System:Utilities": OK
WaitForPort: Getting shared lock on "WaitForPort": Failed
WaitForPort: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
WaitForPort: Changing current directory to "System:Rexxc": OK
WaitForPort: Getting shared lock on "WaitForPort": OK
WaitForPort: Examining "System:Rexxc/WaitForPort": OK
WaitForPort: Loading segmented image "WaitForPort": OK
WaitForPort: Getting shared lock on "WaitForPort": OK
WaitForPort: Getting parent of "System:Rexxc/WaitForPort": OK
WaitForPort: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
If: Getting shared lock on "ENV:Sana2": OK
Echo: Opening new file "ENV:Sana2/ppp0.config": OK
bootpconfig: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
bootpconfig: Getting shared lock on "AmiTCP:bin/bootpconfig": OK
bootpconfig: Examining "Mail:AmiTCP/bin/bootpconfig": OK
bootpconfig: Loading segmented image "AmiTCP:bin/bootpconfig": OK
bootpconfig: Getting shared lock on "AmiTCP:bin/bootpconfig": OK
bootpconfig: Getting parent of "Mail:AmiTCP/bin/bootpconfig": OK
bootpconfig: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
bootpconfig: Opening old file "AmiTCP:db/interfaces": OK
ramlib: Opening old file "DEVS:Networks/ppp.device.info": Failed
ramlib: Loading segmented image "DEVS:Networks/ppp.device": OK
bootpconfig: Opening old file "ENV:SANA2/ppp0.config": OK
ramlib: Opening old file "DEVS:serial.device.info": Failed
ramlib: Loading segmented image "DEVS:serial.device": OK
AmiTCP: Opening old file "*": OK
BackGround_Process: Changing current directory to "SD0:": OK
BackGround_Process: Opening old file "NIL:": OK
AmiTCP: Opening old file "AmiTCP:db/AmiTCP.config": OK
NETTRACE: Opening old file "AmiTCP:db/hosts": OK
NETTRACE: Opening old file "AmiTCP:db/networks": OK
NETTRACE: Opening old file "AmiTCP:db/services": OK
NETTRACE: Opening old file "AmiTCP:db/protocols": OK
NETTRACE: Opening old file "AmiTCP:db/resolv.conf": OK
NETTRACE: Opening old file "AmiTCP:db/inet.access": OK
Closing...

Any clues? Also, I had a bad HD crash the other day. Funny thing is that
after cleaning up (2 days of it), Some things are working better. :-) I
might as well install the damn thing from scratch and see how I go.

Catchya,                 
/\\ark...    moneill{at}erebor.apana.org.au

... "Another plate of steamers all around!" Greg clamoured.
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