On Tue, 04 Mar 2003, Jack Pistachio wrote: > I'm trying to allow certain users to have dialup > priveledges from debian. I use wvdial to connect as root. > I've tried addgroup dialout USERNAME. The user can > successfully dialout with wvdial, but once pppd is started > it exits with error code #2. From man pppd this code > corresponds to mutually exclusive options being passed to > pppd. Doesn't really make sense to me since root probably > passes the same options to pppd when using wvdial > successfully. Finally, I have pppd setuid as per the pppd > docs. > > What is missing here?
Try in /etc/sudoers: userwithnoname ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/wvdial Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit http://www.wreckingpit.com http://www.wattzap.com http://www.rocknrollpurgatory.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]