Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 19:38:44 +0300 From: Nimrod Mesika <nimrodm@bezeqint.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp / ISDN and Netscape Message-ID: <20000809193844.B60561@localhost.bsd.net.il> In-Reply-To: <3990915C.9178696C@bluewin.ch>; from carloma@bluewin.ch on Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 01:01:48AM %2B0200 References: <3990915C.9178696C@bluewin.ch>
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On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 01:01:48AM +0200, matteotti wrote: > Hello, > > I am using FreeBSD-4.0-RELEASE. I connect to my ISP via ppp / ISDN. I > run isdnd as root, as well as ppp. When trying to use netscape as a > normal user a netscape message pops up saying: 'unable to locate server > www.bluewin.ch' (My ISP's server or whatever). But if I run netscape as > root, there is no problem. I have no explanation for this, since this > problem did not exist before I switched to ISDN, i.e. when I used ppp > / serial modem. The routing table has the correct entries, I enabled > dns in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf, the entries in /etc/resolv.conf are correct. > My question: Is it possible to avoid running netscape as root ? If so, > what needs to be changed in which config file ? > First, don't run Netscape as root. New security holes are detected daily (well, maybe not that often but still...). Second, why do you run ppp as root? Add a line: allow users <your-username> to your /etc/ppp/ppp.conf and add yourself to group network. I.e., change file /etc/groups so that it has a line that reads something like this: network:*:69:<your-username> As for the real problem, I don't have a clue. Isdn+netscape works just fine here, but you might want to try and use a numeric address in netscape instead of a domain name (just to make sure it's not a dns thing). Try, for example, 216.32.74.51, which is www.yahoo.com. Of course, check if this also happens when not in netscape (probably true): try 'ping www.yahoo.com' or something similar. Depending on your results, we may or may not be able to further help you. -- Nimrod. http://www.geocities.com/rodd_27 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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