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Re: wvdial pppd prob



Arg sorry, I ment /etc/group not /etc/groups ;)





Quoting Jason Mesker <jasonm@tool.net>:

> Edit /etc/groups and add your user to the dialout group so that it looks
> like:
> 
> 
> dialout:x:20:user
> 
> Then make sure you log completely out and log back in and you should
> have
> permissions to the serial devices.  If for some strange reason you don't
> make
> sure the group on /dev/ttyS* is dialout.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Marc Schrooten <m.schrooten@rola.com>:
> 
> > Hi "list",
> > 
> > I just installed wvdial on my Amiga and it recognized my modem, but
> > there are still some problems:
> > 
> > Only root may connect via wvdial, normal users are not allowed to read
> > the configfile. I changed the owner of the configfile to the user, but
> > then he is not allowed to access the serial device.
> > 
> > The second problem is the dynamic dns, which is not resolved.
> > 
> > The normal user is added in pppconfig to use ppp, but has obviously no
> > rights.
> > 
> > 
> > any ideas?
> > 
> > greets
> >     marc
> > 
> > 
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   Jason Mesker
 Internet Tool & Die
Network/Systems Admin
  (502) 584-8665



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