From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 20 11:43:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA19710 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:43:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA [132.204.2.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA19703 for ; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:43:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA) Received: from epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca (epsom.JSP.UMontreal.CA [132.204.45.25]) by harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA03223; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 14:42:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outpost.nada.org (derby.jsp.umontreal.ca [132.204.45.26]) by epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca via SMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/JSP1789) id OAA08473; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 14:42:39 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 14:44:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey X-Sender: beaupran@outpost.nada.org To: "Anthony E. Coley" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user level ppp problem? In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980720130213.00718020@sohopros.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You must allow the user in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf. Check man ppp and search for allow. example: default: hndkgfn;ag mkldsmgls allow $user On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Anthony E. Coley wrote: > I can't seem to run ppp at user level. Here is the error message. > > bash$ ppp > You may not use ppp in this mode with this label > bash$ exit > > If I su to root I can dial-up just fine. Can someone point me in the > right direction? > > Thanks, > > Anthony.... > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > How 'bout a little ride through your own world? http://www.JSP.UMontreal.CA/~beaupran/ Spidey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message