From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 31 01:21:16 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA02425 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 01:21:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from acetylene.vapornet.net (acetylene.vapornet.net [209.100.218.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA02420 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 01:21:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from danm@DanMahoney.com) Received: from localhost (danm@localhost) by acetylene.vapornet.net (8.9.1/8.9.1/VaporServer 1.4) with ESMTP id DAA25253 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 03:21:10 -0600 (CST) (envelope from: danm@DanMahoney.com) Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 04:21:10 -0500 (EST) From: "Dan Mahoney Jr." X-Sender: danm@acetylene.vapornet.net To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: pppctl as non-root? 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 Hey, in my ppp.conf I have the line set server /var/tmp/internet "" 0177 Thi works when I use pppctl as root, since the resulting file is root-owned (with the group bin). But I am unable to use pppctl to connect to this as a non-root entity, even when that entity is in the wheel and network groups (of course it works if I su, but I'd prefer not to, as my connection is rather crappy, and it often requires a manual down/dial (don't knock it, it's free). Is there some way to either get that file so users other than root can access it or make pppctl read it regardless of who's using it? Thanks. -Dan Mahoney -- "SOY BOMB!" -The Chest of the nameless streaker of the 1998 Grammy Awards' Bob Dylan Performance. Dan Mahoney Gushi on efnet IRC ICQ:13735144 (webpages TBA) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message