From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 1 10:36:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand5.global.net.uk (sand5.global.net.uk [194.126.80.249]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B649155A9 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 10:36:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p7es11a07.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.235.127] helo=marder-1.) by sand5.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 11MEHK-0004Or-00; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 18:34:34 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id SAA00355; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 18:03:58 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 18:03:58 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Ken Seggerman Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: user PPP only works for root Message-ID: <19990901180358.B283@marder-1> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Ken Seggerman on Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 11:53:31PM -0400 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 11:53:31PM -0400, Ken Seggerman wrote: > I am running FreeBSD 3.1 on a Pentium 486 machine, and have the user ppp > that came with the release (PPP Version 2.0 - $Date: 1998/12/14 01:15:34) > > It no longer says "User Process PPP. Writen by Toshiaru OHNO." > > I have been using user ppp for some time now, but have only recently > tried to break the habit of doing everthing as root, but still have to su > to use ppp. > > I have added an allow users line in my /etc/ppp/ppp.conf > > default: > allow user suleyman > set speed 115200 > set device /dev/cuaa0 > > I have changed the permissions for /usr/sbin/ppp, /dev/tun0, and > /dev/cuaa0 still I get the following > > $ ppp > Working in interactive mode > Warning: No available tunnel devices found (Permission denied). > Warning: bundle_Create: No such file or directory > > Any suggestions would be most welcome. > You did add the user ``suleyman'' to the group ``network'', didn't you? > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ 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