Re: PPP (fwd)
>> As root I have no problems connecting to my ISP using PPP.
>> However when trying to connect as a normal user the connection
>> drops after the serial connection is established. I've checkde and
>> rechecked file permissions and they seem correct. Couldn't under-
>> stand the ioctl manual page and am not sure what ioctl is or why it
>> is screaming. I've been working at this for about 4 hours now and
>> have run out of ideas. Would someone out there be willing to help
>> point me in the right direction?
i'm having the exact same trouble. in Debian 1.2, i had a pon button on
the desktop of my main userid (mattyt). now i have to su to root everytime
to pon or poff.
>It's simply a matter about group permissions. Put your son's and your
>user name into "/etc/group" making both members of the same group to
>which "/usr/sbin/pppd" belongs to:
>
> [pseelig]/home/pseelig > v /usr/sbin/pppd
> -rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip 76072 Mar 2 03:29 /usr/sbin/pppd
> ^^^
>
>So the entry in "/etc/group" has to be:
>
> dip:*:30:yourson,hisfather
>
i had already chowned /usr/sbin/pppd to mattyt, along with all the other
files necessary (messy, i know, but i'm the only user on my machine), so i
didn't think this would work, and it didn't. i still get the same messages
as jess mentioned in my plog after attempting pon as mattyt.
any other suggestions?
matty
p.s. thanks for your reply, paul. :)
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