So how can I give a normal user, permission to connect, using pppd ? Thanks, Nuno Ferreira [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 23-08-99 13:36:57 To: Nuno F Ferreira/APCMC cc: Subject: Re: Connect script fails This is because pppd needs to modify interface parameters in the kernel space, something a normal user cannot do. Regards, Mark Lipscombe Information Technology Manager Sydnet Group Pty Ltd Ph: 02 9873 6400 Fax: 02 9873 6411 Web: http://www.syd.net.au/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Nuno F Ferreira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 9:32 PM Subject: Connect script fails > > > > > > Hi, > > In SuSE 6.0. > > Why is it that `pppd connect "chat -f chat_file" /dev/ttyS1 115200 modem > crtscts -detach` can only be executed by root. > > The normal user: > is in the dialout group (for pppd and chat). > can read and write /dev/ttyS1. > the /etc/ppp/options is readable. > > What am I forgetting here. > > Thanks, > Nuno Ferreira > > > > -====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====---=== =- > to unsubscribe email "unsubscribe linux-admin" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > See the linux-admin FAQ: http://www.kalug.lug.net/linux-admin-FAQ/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
