RE: xisp

[Christian Dysthe <cdysthe@bigfoot.com>]

Hi,

I had the same problem. The "dirty" way is to change overnership for
usr/sbin/pppd. Or you could add yourself to the group that allows using pppd,
think it is "dialout" or "pppusers".

On 06-Apr-99 v.polasek@worldnet.att.net wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to run xisp without logging in as root.  Right now when I run
> it as a "regular" user, xisp gives me an error message:
> 
> "/usr/sbin/pppd: using the name option requires root privilege".
> 
> Some more facts:
> 
> 1. I am running Debian 2.1
> 
> 2. My ISP is using CHAP authentication.
> 
> 3. I can dial out as a regular user using pon/poff (i.e. I have the
> standard permissions on pppd and I am a member of the dial-out group)
> 
> 4. I can dial out using xisp as a root user without any problems.
> 
> If there is anyone who may know a solution to my problem, I would
> appreciate to read about it.
> 
> Thank you for any help,
> 
> Vaclav Polasek
> 
> 
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Christian Dysthe
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Date: 05-Apr-99
Time: 21:22:00
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