Re: Wvdial - How do you surf without being root?

[Rich Renomeron <renomero@yahoo.com>]

On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Usuario Universo Online wrote:

> 	Wvdial can only be set to be run as root, isn't that right?
> 	If it isn't so, how should you set permission to run it
> without being root?

I would suggest installing the sudo package.  Using sudo, you can allow
certain users access to certain commands with root privileges.  Once set
up, you can issue the command "sudo wvdial ..." and you'll be up and
running without worrying about setuid problems and device file
permissions.

Rich

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