11/08/03 To get my Winmodem to connect to the ISP, I have to open up a SuperUser terminal window, configure the modem, and start WVdial. I then minimize the terminal window and run my Internet applications as a regular user.
I have to do this sequence every time after I've shut down the Linux box, which is several times in a day. (Any ideas why I lose the modem configuration every time I reboot?) Even the WVdial documentation that I've found says it's extremely difficult to launch WVdial as a regular user, and doesn't go into the exact details since they vary so widely depending on the installation. Question: Do I have a security problem doing things this way? (While connected to the Internet, I do have a SuperUser terminal session running that is managing the WVdial program.) TIA, The Other
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