I think `net' would be a good group name for this.
Rob Browning writes: >>>>>> "C" == Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >C> I suppose that would do the job, but what if a sysadmin wants to >C> allow users to dial in using ppp, but NOT allow them to dialout >C> with minicom or send faxes? > >C> I'm absolutely certain that I wouldn't want to add users to a >C> dialout group just to let them dial in with a ppp account. > >If you're going to do something, ppp/slip seem sufficiently different >to warrant their own group. Something like >transient-network-connection (but shorter :> ). > >I'm still not sure that ppp will really work properly when run by >someone other than root (unless it's suid root) if you want to use the >"default" option that makes the routing changes automatically when the >connection goes up and down. Even if you handle the routing outside >the call to pppd, you'll still have to do the routing as root, so I >don't see what trying to get pppd to be runnable by non-root users >buys you. > >I still think that sudo's the best solution, but I probably just don't >understand the situation well enough. > >-- >Rob > >
