On Wed, 27 May 1998, W. Witt Wang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could you tell me how to make "netcfg" workable for other
> users in my system other than root since I don't want to
> do much with the root to mass up again?
>
> When I use netcfg in a user account, it give many errors
> and wouldn't start (e.g. permission denied etc), but I
> changed the /usr/sbin/pppd and the others mentioned in
> the PPP Setup Tips. It looks to me that netcfg has problem
> to load its window. Btw, I love the way of the netcfg to
> connect than the commandline input.
netcfg will NOT run as a normal user...and shouldn't! If you just want to
activate or deactivate interfaces with non-root accounts, select "allow
other users to (de)activate interface" option in netcfg (as root). Then,
to actually activate or deactivate the interface, use:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup ifcfg-ppp0
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown ifcfg-ppp0
these commands willl activate and deactivate ppp0 from any user.
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Jim Kusznir ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RidgeNET Tech Support
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