Re: dialing modem as normal user

2009-01-25 Thread Dave Thayer
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 : NAME dip - handle dialup IP co

Re: dialing modem as normal user

2009-01-24 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:21:16 +0800 Umarzuki Mochlis 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 _

Re: dialing modem as normal user

2009-01-23 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
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

RE: dialing modem as normal user

2009-01-23 Thread Peter Crawford
> 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?

Re: dialing modem as normal user

2009-01-23 Thread Michael Shuler
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? Corr

Re: dialing modem as normal user

2009-01-23 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
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 Maintai

Re: dialing modem as normal user

2009-01-23 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2009/1/23 Eugene V. Lyubimkin > 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. Lyubimki

Re: dialing modem as normal user

2009-01-23 Thread Ron Johnson
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

dialing modem as normal user

2009-01-23 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
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