*- 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 
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