Re: Allowing non-root users to start pppd.

[Sean <snmjohnson@iclub.org>]

Brad wrote:

> On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Marshal Wong wrote:
>
> > I use linux on a home computer, so I'm the only user, pretty much.  It's
> > just a pain to always type the root password to start my internet
> > connection with pon.  I was wondering what would be the best way to
> > allow normal users to start the ppp connection?  I hope this hasn't been
> > asked 6 million times.  Thanks!
>
> Probably the best way to do it is to add your user to the group 'dip',
> with a command like "adduser fred dip". You may also need to change the
> owner of /etc/ppp, /etc/ppp/peers, /etc/peers/provider, /etc/chatscripts,
> and /etc/chatscripts/provider if the installation set these up wrong (all
> should be owned by group dip, not group root).
>
> Then, your user should be able to activate the connection.
>
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There were some problems (might still be) with potato changing the group of /etc/ppp
from dip to root.  The bug was in a cron job, so you might want to check if you're
running potato to see if /etc/ppp is actually assigned to group dip.  If you're not
running potato, then this won't be a problem.