Re: Got 3com card working, still have 1 question
From: "Pietro Calogero" <pietro@calogeros.org>
> After some more digging around and a lucky hunch I tried
> insmod 3c59x
> and got the card working.
> When I ran pppoeconf it asked me whether I wanted it to automatically
> open a connection at boot time. I said no, so it said I can start the
> connection with:
> pon dsl-provider
> and stop it with:
> poff
>
> That works, but I have to open a shell window and su as root to execute
> either command.
> I am uneasy about being temporarily logged in as root in order to
> start/stop DSL connections.
> Any suggestions of a more secure and elegant method of start/stopping
> DSL connections?
pon works fine without being suid root. Check that you are a member of the dip
group.
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