Re: dialing modem as normal user
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 06:14:16PM +0200, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: Peter Crawford wrote: For sake of interest, does anyone know the etymology of dip? Dynamic IP? DIal-uP? :) Close, from an archived manpage at http://www.rt.com/man/dip.8.html: NAME dip - handle dialup IP connections I'm not sure how long ago dip disappeared from Debian, the manpage is dated 1995. Cheers, dt -- Dave Thayer | Whenever you read a good book, it's like the Denver, Colorado USA | author is right there, in the room talking to d...@thayer-boyle.com | you, which is why I don't like to read | good books. - Jack Handey Deep Thoughts -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: dialing modem as normal user
On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:21:16 +0800 Umarzuki Mochlis umarz...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Umarzuki, How do i give permission to normal user to dial my 3g modem since wvdial can only be invoked by root. correct me if I'm wrong. Make sure user is a member of the group dip and (possibly) dialout. -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent Only the wounded remain, the generals have all left the game Generals - The Damned signature.asc Description: PGP signature
dialing modem as normal user
How do i give permission to normal user to dial my 3g modem since wvdial can only be invoked by root. correct me if I'm wrong. -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net
Re: dialing modem as normal user
On 01/23/2009 08:21 AM, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: How do i give permission to normal user to dial my 3g modem since wvdial can only be invoked by root. correct me if I'm wrong. What group owns the relevant serial port? -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA I am not surprised, for we live long and are celebrated poopers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: dialing modem as normal user
2009/1/23 Eugene V. Lyubimkin jackyf.de...@gmail.com Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: How do i give permission to normal user to dial my 3g modem since wvdial can only be invoked by root. correct me if I'm wrong. Add yourself to 'dip' group thanks for the info, I'll try that out. -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com Ukrainian C++ Developer, Debian Maintainer, APT contributor -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net
Re: dialing modem as normal user
Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: How do i give permission to normal user to dial my 3g modem since wvdial can only be invoked by root. correct me if I'm wrong. Add yourself to 'dip' group? -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com Ukrainian C++ Developer, Debian Maintainer, APT contributor signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: dialing modem as normal user
On 01/23/2009 08:53 AM, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: How do i give permission to normal user to dial my 3g modem since wvdial can only be invoked by root. correct me if I'm wrong. Incorrect - 'ls -l /usr/bin/wvdial' - exec by all. Add yourself to 'dip' group? Correct, but just to help the OP understand why this works - wvdial is executable by all, but it's just a wrapper around pppd. pppd is setuid root and executable by the 'dip' group - 'ls -l /usr/sbin/pppd' -- Kind Regards, Michael Shuler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: dialing modem as normal user
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:15:37 -0600 From: mich...@pbandjelly.org Subject: Re: dialing modem as normal user ... executable by the 'dip' group - 'ls -l /usr/sbin/pppd' For sake of interest, does anyone know the etymology of dip? ... p. crawford _ How fun is this? IMing with Windows Live Messenger just got better. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: dialing modem as normal user
Peter Crawford wrote: Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:15:37 -0600 From: mich...@pbandjelly.org Subject: Re: dialing modem as normal user ... executable by the 'dip' group - 'ls -l /usr/sbin/pppd' For sake of interest, does anyone know the etymology of dip? Dynamic IP? DIal-uP? :) -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com Ukrainian C++ Developer, Debian Maintainer, APT contributor signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
