From: "Pietro Calogero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > After some more digging around and a lucky hunch I tried > insmod 3c59x > and got the card working. > When I ran pppoeconf it asked me whether I wanted it to automatically > open a connection at boot time. I said no, so it said I can start the > connection with: > pon dsl-provider > and stop it with: > poff > > That works, but I have to open a shell window and su as root to execute > either command. > I am uneasy about being temporarily logged in as root in order to > start/stop DSL connections. > Any suggestions of a more secure and elegant method of start/stopping > DSL connections?
pon works fine without being suid root. Check that you are a member of the dip group.
