--- Alphonse Ogulla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I configured ppp successfully using pppconfig and > make use of pon/poff > commands to bring up and bring down the link > respectively. However, pon only > works when ran as root and refuses otherwise. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ pon > > please configure /etc/ppp/peers/provider or use a > command line argument to use > another file in /etc/ppp/peers directory. > > Is it possible to run pon as non root? Tried > changing some parameters in > /etc/ppp/options and /etc/ppp/peers/provider with > little or no success. > Anyway, if it is possible then how does one go about > it. > > Thanks and regards, > > Alphonse Ogulla > Nairobi, Kenya > > -- >
To use pon/poff as non-root you need to add users to the 'dip' group. You should be able to do this through the adduser option in pppconfig ===== ----------------------- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
