[97159] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Initiating pppd as a user
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Shepard)
Sun Nov 1 15:42:28 1998
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:45:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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In-Reply-To: <199811012024.PAA02429@nautilus.math.clemson.edu>
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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> The RedHat admin tools work just fine to set this up. Follow the
> menus
>
> Linxconf-->Networking-->PPP/SLIP/PLIP-->ppp0-->Hardware
>
> and select "Allow any user...". Or
>
> Control-panel-->Network Configuration-->Interfaces-->Edit ppp0
>
> and select "Allow any user...". The tools make all the necessary changes.
>
> If you properly configure everything else along the way, then any user
> will be able to run "ifup ppp0" or "ifdown ppp0" to start or stop the
> link.
Thank you. I'll try all this and post the results. I've noticed that
/etc/ppp/ifup and .../ifdown are empty files. Maybe because I never
configured the network fully. <g>
Back soon ...
Rich
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