From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 24 19:18:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA22164 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 19:18:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA22146 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 19:18:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA09801; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 01:42:07 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199804250042.BAA09801@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Ignaz KOHLBECKER cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp as a normal user? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 24 Apr 1998 03:11:20 +0900." <353F8448.BEBD6768@fujita3.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 01:42:07 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Using 2.2.5-RELEASE (with PAO), su can start a ppp connection via > PC-card modem successfully, but a normal user can't see the network > then. > Adding the user to group "network" doesn't change this situation. > > How can a normal user get network access via ppp? > > Before, on 2.2.1-RELEASE, I could ppp as a normal user. > > How can I make this with 2.2.5-RELEASE, too? Get the latest ppp from http://www.FreeBSD.org/~brian and use the ``allow users'' command. > Thanks for any reply, > > Ignaz Kohlbecker -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message