[97330] in RedHat Linux List
Re: getting the ppp connection up from my personal account
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Mon Nov 2 16:57:07 1998
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 16:34:37 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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joseph wrote:
> I am running RH5.1. I set up my PPP connection with the Xwindow
> control-panel. I also set up my user accounts with control-panel. On my
> account , I set the permissions to allow me to activate the network
> connection. Now when I am in my personal account, control panel won't
> let me load up the module that I use to initiate the connection, unless
> I start control-panel as root. How do I do it from my own account?
> I think I should be able to since I set those permissons.
Always be root when you run control-pannel if you want to see
all the choices and have everything work.
Some things may work as an ordinary user in control-pannel, but
I have experienced that many do not.
Ordinary users can make a ppp connection by typing /sbin/ifup ppp0
you are running kerneld (check with ntsysv) and if you set up
the ppp0 using ONLY netcfg or linuxconf.
If users cannot use /sbin/ifup ppp0 successfully, use
netcfg to remove all ppp connections, and then add it again.
It worked for me.
Ordinary users cannot run insmod ppp directly.
Kerneld will do that automatically when they run /sbin/ifup ppp0.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Joseph
>
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