Or if you're in X, just su in a shell.
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Philp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 6:30 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] dial up at command prompt
Jim Howarth wrote:
>
> Hmmm... something that irritates the heck outta me, is the fact that this
is
> a root only command by default. How do I fix this aside from changing the
> ownership on all files associated? This is something I even had to change
> under slackware with "ppp-go". In that case, all I did was change the
> ownership to my regular user and it was fine but not secure (Not like
anyone
> can do much with it on my machine, but I like secure... secure is good).
There is a checkbox in netcfg that says something like "Allow users to
(de)activate this device". Check it and normal users can use it just
like root. :)
> >
> > "Mulvaney, Jerry" wrote:
> > >
> > > Everything works great under Mandrake 6.0, but I can't find out
> > how to start
> > > a dial up connection without starting X and running netcfg. Can
> > I do this
> > > from the command line?
> >
> > If you've already run netcfg and setup the ppp device, you can use:
> >
> > /sbin/ifup ppp0
> >
> > from anywhere to start the connection. Use:
> >
> > /sbin/ifdown ppp0
> >
> > to drop the connection.
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Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
