Re: how to run pppd as a user?
On 02 Sep 2000, John Anderson wrote: As root go into the pppconfig program. Then I believe under the heading of advanced options or the like their is a place to adduser to the pon/poff utility. That way you can add as many users as you like to have access to the internet. John Kerr Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 Doesn't seem to work here. I have to use sudo. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone) Book Reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ Skeptical articles: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ To be forced by desire into any unwarrantable belief is a calamity. I.A. Richards
Re: how to run pppd as a user?
Anthony writes: Doesn't seem to work here. Do you mean that pppconfig doesn't work, that you are unable to add users with it, or that you can but it doesn't help? What version of pppconfig do you have (pppconfig --version)? Try adduser username dip as root. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
Re: how to run pppd as a user?
On Sun, 03 Sep 2000, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 02 Sep 2000, John Anderson wrote: As root go into the pppconfig program. Then I believe under the heading of advanced options or the like their is a place to adduser to the pon/poff utility. That way you can add as many users as you like to have access to the internet. John Kerr Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 Doesn't seem to work here. I have to use sudo. Add yourself to the dip group. Got to the file /etc/group find the line that says dip add your username to the end of that line. hth, kent
Re: how to run pppd as a user?
On 04 Sep 2000, John Hasler wrote: Anthony writes: Doesn't seem to work here. Do you mean that pppconfig doesn't work, that you are unable to add users with it, or that you can but it doesn't help? What version of pppconfig do you have (pppconfig --version)? Try adduser username dip as root. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI I mean that adding myself as user in pppconfig makes no difference. I have pppconfig 2.0.5 (the one that came with Potato). I already have myself added to dip. -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone) Book Reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ Skeptical articles: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ To be forced by desire into any unwarrantable belief is a calamity. I.A. Richards
Re: how to run pppd as a user?
Hi Glyn! On Sat, 02 Sep 2000, Glyn Millington wrote: I'm a user and not root. At the moment I'm using wvdial (or pon poff) as root to log on to my ISP and then zipping over to another console to do what must be done on the net - mostly mail. I don't like this! and don't like the thought of running pppd suid, but need a quick fix as the post keeps coming.. Can anyone tell me how or point me to the right docs? I added myself to the dialup group but that doesn't seem to have done the business. Dialout is the wrong group. You should have added yourself to dip. After a relogin (to make the new group membership active) you should be able to run pon. HTH yours, peter -- PGP encrypted messages preferred. http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~ppalfrad/ [please CC me on lists]
Re: how to run pppd as a user?
Glyn Millington writes: What I want to discover fairly quickly is how to use pppd when I'm a user and not root. Add your user to the 'dip' group. The command (as root) is: adduser username dip -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
Re: how to run pppd as a user?
As root go into the pppconfig program. Then I believe under the heading of advanced options or the like their is a place to adduser to the pon/poff utility. That way you can add as many users as you like to have access to the internet. John Kerr Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Glyn Millington wrote: Hi! I've just (yesterday) migrated from Mandrake to Debian 2.2 - so please bear with me, I'm trying to learn! It was, by the way, the smoothest install ever. What I want to discover fairly quickly is how to use pppd when I'm a user and not root. At the moment I'm using wvdial (or pon poff) as root to log on to my ISP and then zipping over to another console to do what must be done on the net - mostly mail. I don't like this! and don't like the thought of running pppd suid, but need a quick fix as the post keeps coming.. Can anyone tell me how or point me to the right docs? I added myself to the dialup group but that doesn't seem to have done the business. Thanks in anticipation Glyn M. -- ** * The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. * * Douglas Hoftstatder* ** -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
