Hi Glyn!
On Sat, 02 Sep 2000, Glyn Millington wrote:
> I'm a user and not root. At the moment I'm using wvdial (or pon
> poff) as root to log on to my ISP and then zipping over to another
> console to do what must be done on the net - mostly mail.
>
> I don't like this! and don't like the thought of running pppd
> suid, but need a quick fix as the post keeps coming.. Can anyone
> tell me how or point me to the right docs? I added myself to the
> dialup group but that doesn't seem to have done the business.
Dialout is the wrong group. You should have added yourself to "dip".
After a relogin (to make the new group membership active) you should
be able to run pon.
HTH
yours,
peter
--
PGP encrypted messages preferred.
http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~ppalfrad/
[please CC me on lists]
