Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 12:51:04 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz> To: "eric@etcomp.com" <eric@etcomp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to let a user use PPP Message-ID: <20000112125104.E4162@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <387BB4D5.C4EACA81@etcomp.com>; from eric@etcomp.com on Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 05:55:17PM -0500 References: <387BB4D5.C4EACA81@etcomp.com>
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On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 05:55:17PM -0500, eric@etcomp.com wrote:
> hi., i'm wondering., how do i let a regular user., use PPP to dial to
> the ISP.. MSN. thanks i don't like to dialup using root ., ya know
Add the user to the network group in /etc/group.
Add "allow user username" to your ppp.conf.
Alternatively, you could set up ppp to run as a daemon with
dial-on-demand.
Jonathan Chen
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