*- On 13 Jun, Attila Csosz wrote about "pppd/pon permission problem" > I can use PPP as root but I'd like to use the PPP connection as a user. > I added self to the dip group. Calling pon <provider> I get the > following errors > > /usr/bin/pon: /usr/sbin/pppd: Permission denied > > Currently( slink default ): > > -rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip 105532 JÚN 19 1998 /usr/sbin//pppd > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 45 JÚN 19 1998 /usr/bin/pon > > Which permission should I set? >
Change/correct persmission of the following if not already set, well this is what I have and it works for me, [EMAIL PROTECTED]>ls -l /usr/sbin/pppd 118 -rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip 119004 Apr 5 06:40 /usr/sbin/pppd* [EMAIL PROTECTED]>ls -dl /etc/ppp 1 drwxr-x--- 6 root dip 1024 May 27 08:28 /etc/ppp/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]>ls -dl /etc/ppp/options 1 -rw-r----- 1 root dip 22 Apr 29 21:25 /etc/ppp/options [EMAIL PROTECTED]>ls -dl /etc/ppp/peers 1 drwxr-x--- 2 root dip 1024 May 17 16:59 /etc/ppp/peers/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]>ls -l /etc/ppp/peers/provider 1 -rw-r----- 1 root dip 682 Mar 4 08:29 /etc/ppp/peers/provider [EMAIL PROTECTED]>ls -dl /etc/chatscripts 1 drwxr-x--- 2 root dip 1024 May 19 08:51 /etc/chatscripts/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]>ls -dl /etc/chatscripts/provider 1 -rw-r----- 1 root dip 252 May 18 21:06 /etc/chatscripts/provider -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
