Hi: I gto around this by creating a sudoer files in which I have given permission for me as a normal user to be able to call up pppd, etc.
Hope this helps. Sebastian. In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 04:52:31PM -0500, Bob Underwood wrote: > I just set up a new box for a friend, installed from 2.2r3 and upgraded to > woody. He can dial out as root (a no-no) but not as a normal user, so it's > apparently a permissions problem. I added the user to the dip and dialout > groups with no change. Poking around, I notice that /usr/bin/pon and > /usr/bin/poff are both owned by root and in the root group. Is this correct? > > I checked the bug listing for base/ppp but it's really no help. What should > the group/owner and permissions for these scripts be? > > TIA > > bob > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Sebastian Canagaratna Department of Chemistry Ohio Northern University [EMAIL PROTECTED]
