According to Daniel Knapp: While burning my CPU.
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> > > > I've got ppp working at last, sort of. I use the app gnome-ppp
> > > > (current version, 0.2.5 or something like) to dial up and log in.
> > > > When I run this as root, it works, and the ppp session starts.
> > > > When I run it as a user, it dials, handshakes, gets through the
> > > > whole username and password process and then hangs...
> > >
> > > That's no error. Only root may connect to the Internet via ppp and not a
> > > user. Don't forget that connecting to the Internet is an administration
> > > task.
> >
> > Your signature says in so many words that you have an understanding of how
> > an operating system works, however you are wrong about the above like you
> > were when you said that _only_ harddrives get defined in /etc/fstab.
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> No, I disagree with you. I've only said that connecting to the internet is
> an administrative task and it's the best way to let only root do that.
> I've not said that you aren't able to give users that permission but I
> would not do that (especially not on a multiuser-network).
I'm not an argueing person, but you said,
"Only root may connect to the Internet via ppp and not a user."
The above is not true, there might be other things to considered when
allowing non-root users to setup routing and creating ppp links that is ALL
explained in the PPP-HOWTO.
When someone makes a statement like you did, what does a newbie linux-user
do when someone says, if you read the documentation you will see that it is
possable to do it as a "user", he hopefully will read the PPP-HOWTO and see
that he can do what you say he cant.
Now as to a "multiuser-network" if the asker of the origanal question is
running such a machine then he "should" know about things like that anyway,
so considering he asked he possably is not.
I do agree however with you on that point and that point alone.
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> -Dan
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> Dan Knapp: C/C++ Developer
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> "Microsoft gives you Windows, UNIX gives you the whole house."
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Regards Richard.
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