Hello all!
I would really like to stop running linux as root when I don't
have to.
[If I run pppd as root]
su -
pppd connect 'chat -f /etc/kiss.chat' /dev/modem 115200 0.0.0.0: asyncmap 0 crtscts
defaultroute
logout
[everything works fine.]
pppd 2.3.7 started by root, uid 0
[If I run it as regular user]
pppd connect 'chat -f /etc/kiss.chat' /dev/modem 115200 0.0.0.0: asyncmap 0 crtscts
defaultroute
[I get this error.]
pppd: device name cannot be overridden
[Note also that if I use Kppp as regular user]
[everything works fine.]
pppd 2.3.7 started by gregor, uid 1000
How does Kppp do it?
And also what is the proper way of terminating a PPP connection?
I use "killall pppd". Does this work if you are not root?
If not, how do you do it?
Have a nice day!
Gregor
