Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 09:56:44 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "Ronald G. Arnold Jr." <rarnold@colemantx.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP Only As Root Message-ID: <20000219095643.B328@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <20000219094604.A328@marder-1> References: <001301bf7a8b$00b3f620$a27b403f@ronaldjr> <20000219094604.A328@marder-1>
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On Sat, Feb 19, 2000 at 09:46:04AM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 09:40:00PM -0600, Ronald G. Arnold Jr. wrote: > > 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. > ^^^^^^^ > > I take it that's a typo or paste-o and should be > > network:*:0:root,ronald > Doh! After suggesting you made a careless cut 'n' paste I made one myself. Of couse it can't be gid 0, that's wheel, and you don't need root in the group. Try something like network:*:67:ronald > > Where else should I be added and is there any > > thing I should add in ppp.conf to be able to dial up? > > > > You need to add ``allow user ronald'' to /etc/ppp/ppp.conf as well *or > ``allow user *'' to allow all users in the network group). > > > 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 > > -- > Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? > Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? > BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? > -Poster at LinuxWorld 2000 > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 -- Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? -Poster at LinuxWorld 2000 ________________________________________________________________ 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
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