From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 12 14:53:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA02549 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 14:53:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) 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 OAA02315 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 14:52:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA06826; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 22:18:06 GMT (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199712122218.WAA06826@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Tim Moony cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Define the mode bits for directory /etc/ppp In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 12 Dec 1997 08:25:44 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 22:18:05 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I am using ppp-971220 from the ~brian directory. It runs fine if invoked > by root, but my users (group network users) can't run it. > > I suspect the mode bits for /etc/ppp is not right. But then again I am no > expert. Take a look of the following: > > > ppp -direct mydirect > > You may not use ppp in this mode with this label > > The attributes for /etc and /etc/ppp are as follows: > > dr-xr-x--- 2 root network 1024 Dec 7 19:09 ppp/ > dr-xr-xr-x 8 root wheel 2048 Dec 7 19:57 etc/ > > > Am I doing it right or am I missing something here? > > BTW, my "mydirect" entry in ppp.conf reads: > > mydirect: > set line /dev/cuaa2 > set sp 57600 > set ifaddr 206.14.149.40 206.14.149.33 Read the PERMISSIONS section in the man page and check out the ``allow'' command. -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....