Re: ppp how to use ppp for a normal user?

1999-09-29 Thread W. Paul Mills
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brad) writes: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hmmm... ugly long lines. Fix the MUAs to use lines 76 characters at maximum. On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Andrew L. Gould wrote: I did a fresh install of Debian 2.1r3 last night. Accessing the internet via wvdial as a

ppp how to use ppp for a normal user?

1999-09-28 Thread Herve BRUNEL
I installed Debian slink and kernel 2.2.11 with success i can use my internet connexion as root, but i don't find how to run it like an user. I try, unsuccessfuly, to change attribut of /usr/sbin/pppd and script I created as root. the message is always the same you must be root to run pppd

Re: ppp how to use ppp for a normal user?

1999-09-28 Thread Alberto Maurizi
You can use sudo or fakeroot (see documentation) or similar, to give the user the permission to run reserved programs. Cheers, Alberto Maurizi On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Herve BRUNEL wrote: I installed Debian slink and kernel 2.2.11 with success i can use

Re: ppp how to use ppp for a normal user?

1999-09-28 Thread Jonathan Heaney
Herve BRUNEL wrote: I installed Debian slink and kernel 2.2.11 with success i can use my internet connexion as root, but i don't find how to run it like an user. I try, unsuccessfuly, to change attribut of /usr/sbin/pppd and script I created as root. the message is always the same you

Re: ppp how to use ppp for a normal user?

1999-09-28 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi, You can create a PPP group and add all your users who are permitted to use pppd to this group. Then you can add a exexcutable permission to pppd for group ppp. shao. Herve BRUNEL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed Debian slink and kernel 2.2.11 with success i

Re: ppp how to use ppp for a normal user?

1999-09-28 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 28 Sep, Shao Zhang wrote about Re: ppp how to use ppp for a normal user? Hi, You can create a PPP group and add all your users who are permitted to use pppd to this group. Then you can add a exexcutable permission to pppd for group ppp. Debian's default setup

Re: ppp how to use ppp for a normal user?

1999-09-28 Thread Andrew L. Gould
Jonathan Heaney wrote: Herve BRUNEL wrote: I installed Debian slink and kernel 2.2.11 with success i can use my internet connexion as root, but i don't find how to run it like an user. I try, unsuccessfuly, to change attribut of /usr/sbin/pppd and script I created as root.

Re: ppp how to use ppp for a normal user?

1999-09-28 Thread John Hasler
Andrew L. Gould writes: chmod a+rwx /etc/ppp/* chmod a+rwx /etc/ppp You've just made your password world readable and world writable. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED]Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money

Re: ppp how to use ppp for a normal user?

1999-09-28 Thread Andrew L. Gould
John Hasler wrote: Andrew L. Gould writes: chmod a+rwx /etc/ppp/* chmod a+rwx /etc/ppp You've just made your password world readable and world writable. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED]Do with it what you will. Dancing

Re: ppp how to use ppp for a normal user?

1999-09-28 Thread Brad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hmmm... ugly long lines. Fix the MUAs to use lines 76 characters at maximum. On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Andrew L. Gould wrote: I did a fresh install of Debian 2.1r3 last night. Accessing the internet via wvdial as a normal user required all three of the

Re: ppp how to use ppp for a normal user?

1999-09-28 Thread John Hasler
Brad writes: This bug was discussed a while back on the list. Wonder why no one fixed it...? The permissions bug was fixed. I don't think that's his problem. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED]Do with it what you will. Dancing