From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 4 16:06:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA12104 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 4 Oct 1997 16:06:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA12089 for ; Sat, 4 Oct 1997 16:06:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA02190; Sat, 4 Oct 1997 14:40:32 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199710041340.OAA02190@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Jonathan Fosburgh cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Only root can use ppp or tun0? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 03 Oct 1997 15:00:06 CDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 14:40:32 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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 > ******************************************************************************* > -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....