Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 08:52:03 -0500 From: Tony <tbrock@mail.phoenix.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user PPP only works for root Message-ID: <99090208565300.17770@fdho-w5.fdnet.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9909012330110.21398-100000@echonyc.com>
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On Wed, 01 Sep 1999, Ken Seggerman wrote: > Thanks for replying to me: > > > > > Add ``allow user <your_user_name>'' or ``allow user *'' for everyone > > to /etc/ppp/ppp.conf and add <your_user_name> (and anyone elses) > > to the group ``network'' then you can run ppp as a non-root user. > > > I have followed your instructions but it still does not work. It sounds very much like you do not have the tunnel device configured in your kernel. Research that direction. If you do have a tunnel device and it is in your kernel try this site. http://flag.blackened.net/freebsd/ It's FreeBSD How-To's for the Lazy and Hopeless. No heavy theory here folks. If you are using these pages to set up your FreeBSD, you are using the shortcut. This means you are either truly busy or unable to comprehend man pages. Either way, you won't learn too much doing things this way, but.. Tony To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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