Re: how to run pppd as a user?
As root go into the pppconfig program. Then I believe under the heading
of "advanced options" or the like their is a place to adduser to the
pon/poff utility. That way you can add as many users as you like to have
access to the internet.
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John Kerr Anderson
jkanders@alpha.delta.edu
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2
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On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Glyn Millington wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I've just (yesterday) migrated from Mandrake to Debian 2.2 -
> so please bear with me, I'm trying to learn! It was, by the way,
> the smoothest install ever.
>
> What I want to discover fairly quickly is how to use pppd when
> I'm a user and not root. At the moment I'm using wvdial (or pon
> poff) as root to log on to my ISP and then zipping over to another
> console to do what must be done on the net - mostly mail.
>
> I don't like this! and don't like the thought of running pppd
> suid, but need a quick fix as the post keeps coming.. Can anyone
> tell me how or point me to the right docs? I added myself to the
> dialup group but that doesn't seem to have done the business.
>
> Thanks in anticipation
>
> Glyn M.
>
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