Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 20:21:00 From: "Michael G." <mikegoe@earthlink.net> To: "Mark Ovens" <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: User-level PPP..unable to access Tun0 device Message-ID: <200006100124.SAA27456@avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net> References: <20000610015837.A232@parish>
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I did add to /etc/group like so <snip> network:*:69:root,mikegoe,meiousetsuna <snip> and this is my default section of my /etc/ppp/ppp.conf <snip> default: set device /dev/cuaa1 set log Phase Chat LCP IPCP CCP tun command set speed 115200 set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" AT OK-AT-OK ATE1Q0 OK \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT" allow user mikegoe <snip> and get this: > ppp Working in interactive mode Warning: No available tunnel devices found (Permission denied) > Like I said..works great as root Hmmm...any further suggestions ? Thanks. Michael G. Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> wrote: > 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 <username_1> <username_2> ...... > > to /etc/ppp/ppp.conf in the ``default'' section. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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