On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Marshal Wong wrote: > I use linux on a home computer, so I'm the only user, pretty much. It's > just a pain to always type the root password to start my internet > connection with pon. I was wondering what would be the best way to > allow normal users to start the ppp connection? I hope this hasn't been > asked 6 million times. Thanks!
Probably the best way to do it is to add your user to the group 'dip', with a command like "adduser fred dip". You may also need to change the owner of /etc/ppp, /etc/ppp/peers, /etc/peers/provider, /etc/chatscripts, and /etc/chatscripts/provider if the installation set these up wrong (all should be owned by group dip, not group root). Then, your user should be able to activate the connection.
