That is correct ergo the reason for using chmod 4755. that way nromal users
can access the file owned by root.
--
Mark
"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
Linus Torvalds
On Tuesday 26 December 2000 05:02, you wrote:
> I believe you must be *root* to ifup or ifdown.
> Pj
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Adam Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, December 25, 2000 9:35 AM
> Subject: [expert] Dialup Trouble...
>
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I've just started using the ifup and ifdown scripts instead of KPPP for
> > dialup. Just one problem though...I get an
> > "Users cannot control this device." error every time I try to run the
> > scripts. I've done a chmod 755 on /dev/modem and /dev/ttyS1 as well as
> > each of the scripts. Any ideas?
> >
> > TIA
> > Adam
