Buddy Brannan wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
> Still haven't got mail set up, but I'm starting to get the faintest glimmer
> of a clue...am looking into fetchmail and fetchpop.
fetchmail is simple (for a simple set up) check the man page (contains
an example). Sending mail is harder.
>
> But the question of the day is this. ... While I can apparently run ppp-go
> and ppp-off as a user, they don't work unless I'm either logged in or su'ed
> to root, then the PPP connection goes fine.
Only root can start pppd and access /dev/modem, by default.
> Then I can do whatever I like
> as a user. When I'm done, I can get back into root and disconnect.
> Wondering though if this is normal, or if there's something I need to
> change, and if so, will that change impact system security?
Option :- sudo and wvdial.
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