On 9/23/07, bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks to Alex,Kevin, Amos, and Tony (hope I haven't missed anybody). > > I've solved the problem with the LAN - there was no hardware problem, > just a problem with the newly created account for my wife. It has no > network/web access.
That's really not usual, you shouldn't normally need to do anything to get network access... I think someone mentioned SELinux settings - sounds like that could be the problem.. I'd suggest checking the output of 'dmesg' and look in /var/log/syslog for clues Have read the man pages re creating new users, and have googled > extensively, yet I still haven't found, or can't grasp what is necessary > to enable LAN/Net access for a newly added user account . > > I understand adding the User to various groups, but just what group is > necessary for LAN/Net access? I assume that it is the "web-data" group , > but adding my wife's account to this group and/or the "users" group has > no effect. > > Sorry if all of this seems obvious to you but I'm not 100% at the moment > and my poor old brain isn't working at full capacity. > > In addition I've never had to deal with adding other users on my home > network, as up until now I've been the only user, and my accoun has > always been created during distro installation. > > THanks > > Bill > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 11:04:04AM +1000, bill wrote: > > > >> I have a home LAN of 4 PCs and 1 laptop. > >> > >> Connected phone-line --> modem/router --> gigabit ethernet switch --> > PCs ( > >> via CAT5 cable) > >> > >> Problem: the laptop and 3 PCs connect to the 'Net OK. > >> > >> 4th PC won't even ping the modem/router, although it did access the > 'Net > >> properly a couple of months ago ( when I last used the PC). > >> > >> However:- > >> > >> 1) if I disconnect this PC from the ethernet switch and connect the > cable > >> directly into the modem/router I can access the 'Net. > >> > >> 2) if I connect the laptop to the LAN cable that is normally plugged > ino > >> the problem PC, the laptop connects to the 'Net > >> > >> 3) if I boot the problem PC from a LiveCD I can connect to the 'Net via > the > >> switc and modem/router. > >> > >> 4) if I change the problem PC from fixed IP to "connect b DHCP" it > still > >> wont connect. > >> > >> The problem PC has its' /etc/network/interfaces file setup correctly ( > >> verified against other PCs - just different IP). > >> > >> The problem PC doesn't have a firewall. > >> > >> All PCs are running Kubuntu - 6.10 in the case of the problem PC. > >> > >> The ony thing that has changed is the ethernet switch from a 10/100 to > a > >> gigabit switch. The PC's mobo has gigabit LAN. > >> > >> All PCs have fixed IPs ( fixed to that determined automatically by > DHCP). I > >> have changed the problem PCs IP to match that provided by the new > gigabit > >> switch. > >> > >> There are no conflicting IPs. > >> > >> All IPs fall within the range set in the LAN portion of the > modem/router. > >> > >> From above test have determined that there are no problems with the > cables, > >> modem/router or ethernet switch. > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
