On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 09:27:22PM +0000, Debian User spake thusly: > On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 03:44:33PM +1030, Barney Wrightson wrote: > > Actually you wouldn't even need the HTML at all, you could simply > > enter > > the address of the cgi script into your browser and load it to cause > > it > > to execute. Provided that apache and user permissions were set up > > correctly. > will try that, am unsure of how to give a lowly user [such as www-data] > enough rights to access wvdial[complains that it cannot acess device > /dev/ttyS1 which is the modem]. -this is a router box and currently only > has two users: root and hugh, root is root and hugh is used for my > email, i cannot start wvdial from hugh account. How would i give hugh > [or www-data] the privaleges to start wvdial
I missed the beginning of the thread, but a better solution for controlling a dialup connection from several computers might be to use connectd. I've had great success with it. Search google for it - it's not packaged for debian, but it's very simple to install. -- Jon-o Addleman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
