On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 07:34:24PM -0500, H S wrote: > Hi, > > First of all a little background: <snip>
> To start with, I had installed Woody from the 6 (or 7?) CDs. Then I did a dist-upgrade. And lost KDE. It was asking for some ] nonexistant package (something to do with libsensors). This is a know bug, the mailing list has fix. <snip> > Okay, I am going to take this step by step because I have many issues unresolved. I am connected to the internet through an ADSL modem (use "pon dsl-provider" to get online). But how do I make a normal user able to connect using dsl-provide? At present, only root can do that. > I believe this a permission issue. you have to be part of the dialout group. So, as root, 'addgroup kevin dialout' where kevin is the new user. > Next, for some reason, "eject" command is also root only? How do I make normal user also be able to use that as well? > another permission issue, not sure if its 'adduser kevin cdrom'??? > That is all for now. I have some queries about sharing partition between Debian and Fedora (currently, I am sharing /boot and /swap), mainly to do with sharing the same /home. But that I will leave for another post. > > thanks, > ->HS > > > -- > ______________________________________________ > Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org > This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. > > > Powered by Outblaze > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
