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Re: dialup modem connection



On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 01:40:30AM -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote:
> I tried kppp, and did get it to connect, but only when run as root.  I
> read kppp's help, and it said a bunch of stuff about "noauth" and
> "dip"; so, my regular user is a member of both dialout and dip, and
> I uncommented "noauth" in the kppp-options file (as instructed).  I
> still can only connect via the root user.

See the comment which refers to PAM in the article below:
http://lantech.geekvenue.net/chucktips/jason/chuck/1006405364/index_html

May not be the right thing for this problem, but worth a shot.

Kumar
-- 
Kumar Appaiah,
462, Jamuna Hostel,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai - 600 036



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