Re: Allowing non-root users to start pppd.

1999-06-26 Thread scode 
> 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!

Check out the "super" and "sudo" command ('man super' and 'man sudo').

sudo is probably easier. There are two stepd involved:

1 (as root) : chmod +s file_to_be_executed
2: add yourself to /etc/sudoers

See 'man sudo' for more information.

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Glibc 2.0.7t-1 -> 2.0.7u - that shouldn't break anything, should it?

1999-07-04 Thread scode 
As the subject says. 2.0.7t-1 and 2.0.7u sounds pretty compatible
to me. Right?

Thanks!

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Re: E-mail for dummies - part 2

1999-07-05 Thread scode 
> qmail and fetchmail are MTAs (Mail Transfer Agents), right?

qmail yes, fetchmail maybe, depending on your definition of an MTA.


> fetchmail downloads messages from a pop3/imap server and puts them into the
> local mail delivery system. (Besides, where do the messages end up and in
> what form?)

That depends on the MTA. For example, if you've got qmail up and running with
Maildir's, it will end up whereever you've told qmail to deliver it using a
.qmail file in your home directory.

> So what about sending mail then? Using 'smail' sounds obvious, but how does
> the route from MUA to the SMTP server go.

If you go with qmail that's not a problem. You simply set up a virtual
default domain, and have all mail not local delivered to a specific mailbox
(alias/pppdir if you follow the HOWTOs available). You then use a program
called maildirsmtp that will send the messages once you're online.

I'm told smail/sendmail are difficult to convince to work in a dial-up
environment. I certainly haven't suceeded.

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