From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 9 17:58:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta01-svc.server.ntlworld.com (mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87AE437B6E8 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 17:58:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.84.133]) by mta01-svc.server.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000610005843.MWSV381.mta01-svc.server.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Sat, 10 Jun 2000 01:58:43 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA00557; Sat, 10 Jun 2000 01:58:37 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 01:58:37 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: "Michael G." Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: User-level PPP..unable to access Tun0 device Message-ID: <20000610015837.A232@parish> References: <200006092329.QAA18952@swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200006092329.QAA18952@swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net>; from mikegoe@earthlink.net on Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 06:26:09PM +0000 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 06:26:09PM +0000, Michael G. wrote: > I've got a script in /etc/ppp (thanks to Neill) and it runs great under > root, but not as a normal user. I've set the appropriate permission (I do > believe) but I've been unable to get access to Tun0 (user-level ppp is > inabled in rc.conf as well). My normal user is a memeber of wheel as > well. Although I really don't mind using 'su', I want to sway my wife > away from M$ so I need to be able to attach dialing of the modem to an > icon on my KDE desktop. > > Any suggestions? > You need to make mere mortals members of the group ``network'' and add allow user ...... to /etc/ppp/ppp.conf in the ``default'' section. HTH > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ...and on the eighth day God created UNIX ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message