From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 3 19:01:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA09062 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 19:01:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA09056 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 19:01:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from dev.lan.awfulhak.org (dev.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.5]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA00914; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 01:38:23 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from dev.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dev.lan.awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id BAA38299; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 01:38:23 GMT (envelope-from brian@dev.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199812040138.BAA38299@dev.lan.awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Andrew Boothman cc: FreeBSD Questions List Subject: Re: PPP Permission Problem In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 30 Nov 1998 20:27:21 GMT." <3662FFA9.77FBF87@sour.cream.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 01:38:23 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hi! > > I'm using FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE and ppp version 1.7 (as supplied with > 2.2.7). > > I have had to use "chmod o+x ppp" in order to let other users execute > ppp Why not add them to the ``network'' group as the man page suggests ? > When I try to run 'ppp' as a normal user, I get the message "you may not > use ppp in this mode with this label". > > I have 'allow users' in the default section of my /etc/ppp/ppp.conf and > the permissions on /usr/sbin/ppp are set correctly. Try ``allow users *'', or list the individuals. > It works fine as root. > > This is a minor problem which I would like to clear up if possible. > > Many thanks. > -- > Andrew Boothman > http://sour.cream.org/ > http://www.boothman.easynet.co.uk/andrew/ -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message