Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 04:10:32 GMT From: "eric ." <anon025@hotmail.com> To: rarnold@colemantx.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP Only As Root Message-ID: <20000219041032.22464.qmail@hotmail.com>
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hi ron; first of all, you need to add the user to the network group. then in your ppp.conf you need to add the line allow users [username] , no brackets. take care. >From: "Ronald G. Arnold Jr." <rarnold@colemantx.com> >To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> >Subject: PPP Only As Root >Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 21:40:00 -0600 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from [204.216.27.18] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailBA775BDE001BD820F3B4CCD81B12673B0; Fri Feb 18 19:41:23 2000 >Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 538)id C9C3037BB3E; Fri, >18 Feb 2000 19:40:43 -0800 (PST) >Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])by hub.freebsd.org >(Postfix) with SMTPid B94B72E810B; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 19:40:43 -0800 >(PST)(envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) >Received: by hub.freebsd.org (bulk_mailer v1.12); Fri, 18 Feb 2000 19:40:43 >-0800 >Received: from colemantx.com (mail.colemantx.com [63.64.122.62])by >hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1673437BB29for ><freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 19:40:34 -0800 >(PST)(envelope-from rarnold@colemantx.com) >Received: from ronaldjr [63.64.123.162] by colemantx.com (SMTPD32-6.00) id >A0AE87B70276; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 21:40:30 -0600 >From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 18 19:42:56 2000 >Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Message-ID: <001301bf7a8b$00b3f620$a27b403f@ronaldjr> >X-Priority: 3 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 >Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Precedence: bulk > >I can't dial my ISP as a user, only as root. I know I need to be in >network to use PPP, but not sure how it should look. I am only listed in >network once and it reads: >wheel:*:0:root,ronald. Where else should I be added and is there any >thing I should add in ppp.conf to be able to dial up? > >Ronald >P.S. Found something for Gates and Windows haters: >Perhaps the Most Truthful: >on Microsoft marketing: >"There won't be anything we won't say to people to try and convince them >that our way is the way to go." > >more to be found here: >http://www.dimensional.com/~schaffet/microsuck.html > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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