Incoming from Paul Schwartz: > s. keeling wrote: > > >Incoming from Paul Schwartz: > > > >>If I execute pon [as root or su] in a console session it works. > >> > >>If I do it in an xterm window [using kde and as su] it comes backwith a > >>new prompt but it doesn't do anything. > >> > >>What am I doing wrong? > > > >Nothing. That's the way it's supposed to work. Now, add yourself to > >group ppp and you can do it as a user too. "adduser $user ppp" > > > It doesn't seem to have anything to do with group ownership. I did > those things, and it still doesn't work. Note that even as root [after > su] it doesn't work in the xterm window..
First, my advice was wrong; it's not group ppp, it's dialout and dip. Second, ... what?!? As root, at the console, pon works, but "su -c pon" from an xterm doesn't work?!? That can't be. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
