Re: Newbie question : gnome, bash, and ppp [solved]

[Gong Zeng <gong_zeng@yahoo.com>]

problem solved.  After logging out and in, it worked.  I guess I did not 
allow the change to take effect earlier.  Thanks.

GZ

Gong Zeng wrote:

> Actually, I did both, i.e. adding the non-root user to both 'dialout' 
> and 'dip'.  The problem is still there.  Could it be that I should not 
> add the non-root user to the group manually and I should do it thru 
> pppconfig instead?  I couldn't test it out now as I'm using a windowz 
> machine.
>
> GZ
>
> John Hasler wrote:
>
> > Gong Zeng writes:
> >
> > > thanks for your tips, all of them worked except for the dialing out 
> > > part.
> > > I have included the non-root user to the 'dialout' group as you 
> > > mentioned
> >
> > This is incorrect.  You need to add the non-root user to the 'dip' group
> > (pppconfig can do that).  You will need to log out and back in for the
> > change to take effect.