If you use X jsut go to netcfg and check the "allow any user to
(de)activate device", then you can do it anyway..
Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: Blake Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Redhat List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, March 12, 1998 12:52 AM
Subject: re:nonroot ppp
>Keith:
>ppp wont work unless i'm root. in my ppp scripts i have the
following:
>
>ppp-on: exec /usr/sbin/pppd debug lock modem crtsct /dev/modem115200
\
> asyncmap 20A0000 escape FF kdebug ... more stuff
>ppp-on-dialer: exec chat -v (then the TIMEOUT, etc...)
>
>
>when i run ppp as non root i get the messege in var/log/messages:
>pppd[3727]: pppd 2.3.3 started by blake, uid 500
>pppd[3727]: Connect script failed
>pppd[3727]: Exit
>
>I upgraded my ppp to 2.3.3 because someone told me that would
>be a good idea. I am running pppd with the debug options but dont
know
>why it wont start as non user.
>
>Minicom works just fine as nonroot. (I did find out that using modem
>tool in the control panel screws up the permissions for the cua?
port, so
>i uninstalled this. I've screwed around with my modem device that i
dont
>think i need a graphical interface to point my modem at the right
port)
>
>any ideas?????
>
>thanks in advance
>
>Blake
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