Re: eject command for normal users and some other stuff
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 11:59:30PM -0500, H. S. wrote:
> Andreas Janssen wrote:
> >Hello
> >
> >H S (<h55am@linuxmail.org>) wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Okay, I am going to take this step by step because I have many issues
> >>unresolved. I am connected to the internet through an ADSL modem (use
> >>"pon dsl-provider" to get online). But how do I make a normal user
> >>able to connect using dsl-provide? At present, only root can do that.
> >
> >
> >Does adding your user account to the dip group help?
> >
>
>
> Nope, it didn't :(
>
> Now I am a member of the these groups also: cdrom audio dip
>
> Here is what I get now:
>
> {tmp}> pon dsl-provider
> /usr/sbin/pppd: Can't open options file /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider:
> Permission denied
> {tmp}> ls -l /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider
> -rw------- 1 root root 1813 Nov 14 01:12
> /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider
>
> Am I supposed to change thepermission fo the above file manually?
>
> ->HS
>
Not sure about manually but on my system these files are set to
root/dip with perms of 640.
so as root do:
chown root:dip /etc/ppp/peers/*
chmod 640 /etc/ppp/peers/*
Thats my suggestion.
-Kev
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