Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 14:40:32 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Jonathan Fosburgh <jef53313@Bayou.UH.EDU> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Only root can use ppp or tun0? Message-ID: <199710041340.OAA02190@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 03 Oct 1997 15:00:06 CDT." <Pine.OSF.3.95q.971003145810.30050A-100000@Bayou.UH.EDU>
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> I have a somewhat similar problem. In order for any non-root users to be
> able to do things like run telnet, irc, tinyfugue, or other net apps on my
> computer I have to have them on group wheel. How can I change this so I
> can put them in the generic users group?
Can you be a bit more specific ? If a user that's not in group wheel
types "telnet localhost", do they get a login prompt ?
This is a tad surprising.
> Jonathan Fosburgh, wotan@scientist.com , University of Houston Geophysics
> *******************************************************************************
> We shall not cease from exploration,
> And the end of our exploring shall be to arrive
> Where we started from, and know the place for the first time.
> --T.S. Eliot, The Four Quartets
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>
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Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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