You can set ppp up so you don't have to be root to connect to the Internet
via ppp. See Bill Unruh's document "How to hook up PPP" at
http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html#Automation
Check the document's index for the section titled "Automation".
Bill's document is the most beneficial one I've see on the web for setting
up ppp access in Linux.
Thanks... Ben
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Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 6:19 AM
To: Koyote
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Subject: Re: A few last ppp questions
> 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.
-Dan
Dan Knapp: C/C++ Developer
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