You can only call pppd as root (unless you want to set up some DANGEROUS
file permissions).
You might be interested in setting up diald or pppd with the 'demand'
option, so that it automatically dials when the link is needed. Maybe
this would be suitable?
On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, ali wrote:
> hi
>
> i've got ppp 2.3.7 running on RH6.0. on a single desktop machine.
> what I want to do is connect to my isp with my user account ie. not with
> the root account. (i can successfully connect to my ISP using my root
> account)
>
>
> to do this i'm using the 'call' option in pppd but this doesn't work.
> i get the error: 'must be root to run pppd, since it is not setuid-root'
>
> below is the setup i'm using. if u can spot the error i'm making please
> let me know.
>
> setup:
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> /etc/ppp/peers/isp:
> connect 'chat -v "" ATDT12345 CONNECT ""'
> ttyS3 modem noipdefault defaultroute noauth crtscts
>
> /etc/ppp/options:
> lock
> auth
> asyncmap 0
> crtscts
> defaultroute
> noipdefault
>
> #and since my ISP uses pap
> name my_user_name
>
>
> ~/.ppprc:
> call isp
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> To dial in to my ISP i want to just type in pppd. I've read through the
> pppd man page but can't seem spot what i'm doing wrong.
>
> if more information is required please mail me.
>
> thanks in advance
> ali
>
>
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