Just install sudo and create an entry for your users so he can either start stop net.ppp0 with or without password, there is a tutorial about sudo on the gentoo doc webpages.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron E. Klemm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:04 AM Subject: [gentoo-user] run /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 as regular user? > Hi, > > I've configured ltmodem and the net.ppp0 script to connect to the > Internet (on a laptop with built-in modem that hasn't worked on many > --any-- distros, but works beautifully with Gentoo!). > > Is there a way to connect as a regular user? This is for a relatively > non-technical user so I'd like to provide him an icon to connect. > > Changing permissions on just the init script obviously doesn't get me > too far and sudo sort of defeats the purpose of simplicity. > > Thanks for your thoughts, > > Aaron E. Klemm > Axiom Open Solutions > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
