Gong Zeng writes: > thanks for your tips, all of them worked except for the dialing out part. > I have included the non-root user to the 'dialout' group as you mentioned This is incorrect. You need to add the non-root user to the 'dip' group (pppconfig can do that). You will need to log out and back in for the change to take effect. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin