Re: Wvdial - How do you surf without being root?
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 07:10:27AM -0500, Barry Mathieu wrote:
> Hmmm... I'm a Debian newbie using wvdial as an ordinary user, so I
> wonder about the legitimacy of my method.
>
> I've added my username to the 'dialout' group in '/etc/group'. After you
> edit that file, exacute, 'update-passwd'. Then try wvdial as an
> ordinary user.
>
> I do get some warning at connection time:
>
> --> PPP negotiation detected.
> --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied
> --> --> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky.
> --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied
> --> --> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky.
> --> Starting pppd at Fri Mar 23 06:35:28 2001
>
> But the connection works!
>
> Hope this helps,
> Barry
>
If your ISP uses PAP/CHAP or you just want to get rid of the error
messages, chmod 660 /etc/ppp/*-secrets. I use this same method. Does
anyone know if this is a security risk?
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