[97136] in RedHat Linux List
Initiating pppd as a user
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Shepard)
Sun Nov 1 11:35:22 1998
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 07:38:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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I've tried to set up the system so users can initiate pppd and killall
pppd. It's not working.
On our RH5.1 network, /usr/sbin/pppd as the permissions:
-rwsrwsrwx 1 root root 104876 Apr 23 1998 /usr/sbin/pppd
which I thought would allow a user to initiate a connection to our ISP.
Will someone please tell me what I need to do so individuals can dial up
the ISP, check mail (or a web site), then shut down the connection?
If pppd is not the best process, I will happily use whatever works. I
tried installing ezppp in X, but that was when I was running the system with
only me as a user. It's not working now in any case. If that's a good
option, please advise in which directory it should be installed. I can
always add it to the desktop (xfce now, kde soon).
Many thanks!
Rich
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.
2404 SW 22nd Street
Troutdale, OR 97060-1247 U.S.A.
+ 1 503-667-4517 (voice) | + 1 503-667-8863 (fax)
rshepard@appl-ecosys.com
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