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Date:      Tue, 26 May 1998 20:14:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Malartre <malartre@aei.ca>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PPP used has a user
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980526201343.13318S-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3567808D.10689465@aei.ca>

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On Sat, 23 May 1998, Malartre wrote:

> My little brother want to use FreeBSD. I gived him a user but I have not
> gived him the root password. So he cannot use the modem and the PPP term
> 
> How can I change that? I only want him to use PPP and not other user.
> And how can I add him to the operator group? I have tryed /etc/group but
> it dont work :-/
> 
> FreeBSD 2.2.5

I'd suggest installing sudo and giving him permission to run /usr/sbin/ppp
only.  sudo can grant root access for certain programs only.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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