Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 15:00:49 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert <robert@namodn.com> To: Guy Penfold <bakshish@projectx.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: tun0 and user permissions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981223145908.24286H-100000@namodn.com> In-Reply-To: <3680DFF9.C39798F4@projectx.com.au>
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Have you tried putting allow user guy (or whatever your username is :) in the /etc/ppp/ppp.conf? PPP runs setuid in the interest of security.. you have to be authorized :) ! -rob ( www.namodn.com ) ( robert@namodn.com ) On Wed, 23 Dec 1998, Guy Penfold wrote: > Hello, > > Have succesfully installed PPP and is working fine in root however, when > logged in as a user cannot > get PPP to start i get the following > > % ppp > Working in interactive mode > No tunnel device is available (Permission denied) > Warning: OpenTunnel : No such device or directory > > I have changed permissions on /dev/tun0 from crw------- to crw-rw---- > and have added the user to the group dialer in /etc/groups however it > still does not work. Any assistance with this would be appreciated. > > regards > > guy > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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