Re: bringing ppp connection up as regular user

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Bram Mertens (<bram-mertens@linux.be>) wrote:

> [starting pon as a regular user]
> 
> So I added my "regular user account" to this group (as root)
> adduser m8ram dip
> 
> grep dip /etc/group now shows:
> dip:x:30:m8ram
> but I still get the error mentioned earlier.
> 
> AFAIK changes to groups should take effect immediately.

No. The user m8ram has to log out and log in again to apply the change.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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