On July 26, 2001 12:34 am, Scott Olfert wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Why would i be unable to launch the adsl-start script as a user?  It's
> permissions are as follows:
>
> -rwxr-xr-x   1  root  root
>
> If i'm reading this correctly, the script then should be readable and
> executable by my user account?
>
> When i try to run it from bash i get "adsl-start: you must be root to run
> this script".  Why would i not be able to run this script as user?
>
> Thanks for your input, i'm a relative newbie trying to figure out these
> permissions.
>
> Scott

To use the adsl-start script as a user, you have to configure it with 
tkPPPoE. Changing permissions won't do the job. Get the latest version from 
Roaring Penguin and be sure to install the GUI interface.

Cliff

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