Re: Only root access the internet
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Phil Dyer said:
> xxx xxx said:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm trying for the last 6 months to connect to the Internet as an ordinary
>>> user but only root can! I gave full permissions to pppd, all /etc/ppp files,
>>> kppp, wvdial. I can connect but when I open Mozilla I can't connect
>>> anywhere. Only root can! I tried to use pon with no result. I'm using Debain
>>> Woody v3 r2 k2.4.18
>>> Any advice would be appreciated!
>
> add your normal user to the group dip.
>
> adduser <user> dip
Now that you've modified pppd permissions and files, I'd go ahead and
reinstall pppd as well to fix all the permissions.
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/phil
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