*- 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 is to have users in group dip for use of ppp. See /usr/doc/ppp/README.Debian.gz for a few more details. # ls -l /usr/sbin/pppd 126 -rwsr-x--- 1 root dip 127100 Sep 2 10:46 /usr/sbin/pppd* > > Herve BRUNEL [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 must be root to run pppd >> -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
