On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Tom Savage wrote:
> Hello
>
> I managed to get a ppp connection with my ISP by doing some
> configuration with linuxconfig and dialing in with "usernet".
> I had to fiddle a little to get this working, but I was pleasantly
> supprised when I finaally connected and got the green light.
>
> My problem now is that I would like to connect while not being ROOT.
> How can I accomplish this?
you could use userctl to permit non-root users to initiate a ppp
connection, or, edit one of the rc files in /etc/rc.d to run
pppd at boot time so that no user interaction would be necessary.
> I have read the PPP-HOW-To, but cannot get an answer there.
>
> My system: Red-Hat Workstation installation with no patches or upgrades
> yet. I do not have any NICs on my sytem only a modem on com 1.
>
> Thank You
> Tom Savage
>
