Re: Non-root user executing pon
Quoting Bolan Meek (Bolan.Meek@wcom.com):
> "R. D. Loga" wrote:
> >
> > When a non-root user types pon at the prompt they get "Connect script
> > failed". Pon works fine for the root user. I changed several file
> > permissions to get this far. Do I have to change permissions on all the
> > scripts in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d directory too? Is there an easy way to allow
> > non-root users to use pon?
Add the user(s) to the group dip.
Of course, you may have screwed things up if you've changed the
file permissions wrongly. You could always dpkg --remove and then
-i again to get things correct.
N.B. The big gotcha is for root (you, perhaps) to add the user (you)
to group dip, and then you try it again and it still doesn't work.
Remember, you only get your group permissions when you log in again.
(And if you remembered that, others won't!)
> Install the sudo package, and put in /etc/sudoers something like
> bolan ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/pon, /usr/bin/poff
>
> read the sudo and sudoers man pages for full details, but, with
> substituting an appropriate username for "bolan", this'll get
> you going. Basic use has one line for each user, but, as you'll
> read in the man pages, you can create sudoers groups.
Yes, but it's all unnecessary.
Cheers,
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