Hi, I had the same problem. The "dirty" way is to change overnership for usr/sbin/pppd. Or you could add yourself to the group that allows using pppd, think it is "dialout" or "pppusers".
On 06-Apr-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > I would like to run xisp without logging in as root. Right now when I run > it as a "regular" user, xisp gives me an error message: > > "/usr/sbin/pppd: using the name option requires root privilege". > > Some more facts: > > 1. I am running Debian 2.1 > > 2. My ISP is using CHAP authentication. > > 3. I can dial out as a regular user using pon/poff (i.e. I have the > standard permissions on pppd and I am a member of the dial-out group) > > 4. I can dial out using xisp as a root user without any problems. > > If there is anyone who may know a solution to my problem, I would > appreciate to read about it. > > Thank you for any help, > > Vaclav Polasek > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > ----------------------------------- Regards, Christian Dysthe Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bigfoot.com/~cdysthe ICQ 3945810 Date: 05-Apr-99 Time: 21:22:00 This message was sent by XFmail Powered by Debian GNU/Linux -----------------------------------