Brad wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Marshal Wong wrote: > > > I use linux on a home computer, so I'm the only user, pretty much. It's > > just a pain to always type the root password to start my internet > > connection with pon. I was wondering what would be the best way to > > allow normal users to start the ppp connection? I hope this hasn't been > > asked 6 million times. Thanks! > > Probably the best way to do it is to add your user to the group 'dip', > with a command like "adduser fred dip". You may also need to change the > owner of /etc/ppp, /etc/ppp/peers, /etc/peers/provider, /etc/chatscripts, > and /etc/chatscripts/provider if the installation set these up wrong (all > should be owned by group dip, not group root). > > Then, your user should be able to activate the connection. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
There were some problems (might still be) with potato changing the group of /etc/ppp from dip to root. The bug was in a cron job, so you might want to check if you're running potato to see if /etc/ppp is actually assigned to group dip. If you're not running potato, then this won't be a problem.
