Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 01:38:23 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Andrew Boothman <andrew@sour.cream.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PPP Permission Problem Message-ID: <199812040138.BAA38299@dev.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 30 Nov 1998 20:27:21 GMT." <3662FFA9.77FBF87@sour.cream.org>
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> 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 <andrew@sour.cream.org> > http://sour.cream.org/ > http://www.boothman.easynet.co.uk/andrew/ -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; 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
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