From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 11 15:51: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from logisticsoftware.co.nz (logisticsoftware.co.nz [202.37.163.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A83D014A0A for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:51:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz) Received: from jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz [10.1.3.1]) by logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA15690; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 12:51:04 +1300 (NZDT) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA04946; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 12:51:04 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 12:51:04 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: "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> References: <387BB4D5.C4EACA81@etcomp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <387BB4D5.C4EACA81@etcomp.com>; from eric@etcomp.com on Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 05:55:17PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message