Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 19:24:51 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: leegold <goldtech@worldpost.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: several newbie ques: ppp, cdcontrol, man, suon? Message-ID: <20000714192451.G237@parish> In-Reply-To: <000901bfedbe$b2686b20$94e27ad1@beefstew>; from goldtech@worldpost.com on Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 02:09:47PM -0400 References: <000901bfedbe$b2686b20$94e27ad1@beefstew>
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On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 02:09:47PM -0400, leegold wrote:
> 1 is there anyway to get a table of contents, an index , or a list of all
> the commands
> described in the man pages?
>
``apropos all'' although you may prefer ``apropos N'' where N is the
section number of the manual.
> 2. i am trying to find the cammand to give a user selective access to root
> only commands. I thought it was suon but there's no man pg for that
> command.
>
ITYM sudo, it's in the ports.
> 3. i can only use ppp as root. i tried in rc.config:
>
> ppp_enable="YES"
> ppp_mode="auto"
> ppp_profile="papchap"
>
> to be able to use ppp as a user. But this is NOT doing what I want - it
> dials up ( i don't know where ) at long-in, I REALLY DON"T KNOW WHAT IT"S
> DOING. All I want is to be able to callup my ISP as as a user ( not only as
> root which is the only way I can do it right now ). I don't want it dialing
> automaticly w/out my command.
>
> I just want to be able to log on to my isp as a user. THAT"S ALL.
>
add
allow user <your_username> to /etc/ppp/ppp.conf and make sure that
<your_username> is in the network group.
> 4. cdcontrol expects I have SCSI cd drive it expects /dev/cd0c or cd0. I use
> acd0. SO I have to enter a whole long command line specifying my device for
> every command. The man page for cdcontrol says it will default to an env var
> CD_MUSIC. ok, how do I set that var to /dev/acd0? Right now there's not such
> var.
>
``man cdcontrol'' shows:
-f device
Specify a device, such as /dev/cd0c or mcd0. Both
absolute path and relative to /dev filename are possible.
Suffix `c' is added to the device name if needed.
> Thanks
>
>
>
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