Tjip,
What I've always done is su root then wvdial or ppp-up to dial my isp.
Then I just exit and do whatever I want as myself.
I believe it is considered bad practice to let non-root users make
connections.
I'm sure somebody else may have more on this situation...
Steve.
On Wed, 23 Dec 1998, Tjip Meijer wrote:
>
>Please give some hints,
>
>Wvdial works fine for me when I login is as root user.
>When I try to use the program when logged in as normal user
>I receive the message ''cannot open /dev/ttyS1 Permission denied".
>How can I change the permission.
>
>regards
>
> Tjip
>
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