Thanks for the info," which" didn't help much as it just returned "ifup", and there is more than one ifup if I'm not mistaken. "Whereis" returned /sbin/ifup. As a user I can dial by using "/sbin/ifup ppp0" so it seems that it is a path problem. How do I fix that? Thanks, Mike On 28 Feb 00, at 5:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As root, do which ifup. the answer is the name a user must call it by. Or > you could make a script or alias to call it by its right name. pppd needs > root privilege, which root can give it (if it doesn't have it already) > with > > chmod u+s /usr/sbin/pppd > > > On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Mike Miller wrote: > > > I'm running RH 6.1 and I'm trying to get ppp working from the > > console. As root I can run" ifup ppp0 " and connect to my ISP. If > > I try the same command as a normal user, I get a "command not > > found" error. What do I need to do to get ifup to work for a > > normal user? > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > > Lawson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
