Re: Wvdial and non-root access

[Taupter <taupter@baydenet.com.br>]

John Hasler wrote:
> 
> Cory Snavely writes:
> > I just set up ppp on my slink workstation yesterday, and I used sudo to
> > avoid setting scripts suid (although pppd installs as suid root). Even
> > though I'm using pon/poff, I'll bet sudo can solve your problem, too, if
> > suid scripts give you "the feeling".
> 
> You just need to add the user who should be able to start ppp to the 'dip'
> group.  The command is 'adduser username dip' (as root, of course).

Hello


I did it in my system, and I can use now "pon" to connect as a normal
user, but I cannot do the same using Gnome's "PPP DialUp Utility"
(compiled from source). It tries to connect, but loses connection after
a few seconds. How could I fix it?


Claudio