On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 23:45:10 +0530 "K. Ghosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone using WMPPP with Debian Woody, please let me know how to setup > as a user. > I am trying an alternative to wvdial to connect to the net as a user (on Debian Woody) - WMPPP. I have set up 'sudo' as advised by Bish, and 'sudo wvdial' now works fine. So, I have written a script 'bsnl' containing 'sudo wvdial' and run it as './bsnl' from a console. This works fine for me. Now, I want to avoid opening a console for logging in and therefore, want to use wmppp - It displays a dynamic representation of the load on the ppp line on a 64x64 miniwindow. It also starts and stops the connection and displays the time elapsed since it came up. The traffic on the interface is also monitored. The README.Debian file with the wmppp says - wmppp installs /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/00wmppp and /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/00wmppp. These files are necessary for the proper operation of wmppp. The first touches /var/run/wmppp.$PPP_IFACE and the other removes it..... My problem is, as root the above is fine. When run as a user, creation of the file /var/run/wmppp.$PPP_IFACE is not ppossible because there is no permission to write to /var/run/ So, how do I run 'wmppp' as a user ? Any ideas will be helpful. Regards, -K.Ghosh. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Get the new Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0002en _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
