Re: Only root access the internet

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Phil Dyer wrote:

> Phil Dyer said:
>
> >xxx xxx said:
>
> >>>Hi all,
> >>>
> >>>I'm trying for the last 6 months to connect to the Internet as an
> ordinary
> >>>user but only root can! I gave full permissions to pppd, all
> /etc/ppp files,
> >>>kppp, wvdial. I can connect but when I open Mozilla I can't connect
> >>>anywhere. Only root can! I tried to use pon with no result. I'm
> using Debain
> >>>Woody v3 r2 k2.4.18
> >>>Any advice would be appreciated!
>
> >add your normal user to the group dip.
>
> >adduser <user> dip
>
>
> Now that you've modified pppd permissions and files, I'd go ahead and
> reinstall pppd as well to fix all the permissions.


I don't suppose the perms on "/etc/resolv.conf" are muffed?

Can you connect with Mozilla using address instead of name?

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