IF you have redhat.. just run linuxconf.
select config --> network --> client options --> ppp/slip setup --> ppp0
Check the box that says, "all all users to (de)activate interface"
- Mike
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On Sun, 4 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 20:09:40 ric
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: redhat and root
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>On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, paul taylor wrote:
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>> Can a user log into the net via an isp other than root?
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>If you mean, can a non-root user initiate a connection by way of PPP,
>the answer is yes, if the system administrator (_you_) allows him to.
>It may be necessary for the system administrator to get off his tail and
>learn how to administer the system.
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>What userid you log in to the ISP with is between you and the ISP.
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>> If the answer is no can a user be substituted after the login to the
>ISp?
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>Yes. Root can change its userid at any time with su.
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>> Should I just junk redhat and go to another vesrion???
>>
>No comment.
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>Lawson
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