On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 11:32:48AM -0500, David S. Jackson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've added myself to the dialout group, but I still get a "permission
> denied" when I try to run /usr/bin/pon (which works fine when I'm
> root, btw). What am I forgetting? I want to be able to run this as
> a user.
>
> Also, could someone explain why /usr/sbin/pppd is in the dip group
> and not the dialout group?
>
> Basically, I'm trying to use pon with TkDesk, but first I need to
> make sure it works just with plain old userland me. :-)
>
> TIA!
>
Personally, I use sudo for pon. That way, I can not only control who can
control my PPP interface, but I can control what they can do with them.
(ie. cli parameters)
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