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This is a query to see if anyone has a similar
problem or can shed any light on mine.
To allow normal users (non-root) to operate the
ppp0 (or any) network interface, there is a program called usernetctl in
/usr/sbin. If called with "/usr/sbin/usernetctl ifcfg-ppp0 report" it is
supposed to return a true or false, depending on settings in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0, accordingto the man
file.
It seems to return nothing and susequently I
can't get past the "users are not alloed to use this device" message in
/sbin/ifup.
My problem: Only root can connect to the
internet.
I'm not using kppp or the gnome equivelent, since
they don't seem to want to talk the same language as my modem, so I'm using the
gnome panel applet to call a shell script as /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup
ppp0
If I could get usernetctl to do as he man page
says it should, I suspect that I would be fine.
Any advice anyone?
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