From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 14 11:25: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44A2637C772 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:24:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.88.87]) by mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000714182454.WSXP26680.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Fri, 14 Jul 2000 19:24:54 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA02330; Fri, 14 Jul 2000 19:24:51 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 19:24:51 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: leegold Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: several newbie ques: ppp, cdcontrol, man, suon? Message-ID: <20000714192451.G237@parish> References: <000901bfedbe$b2686b20$94e27ad1@beefstew> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <000901bfedbe$b2686b20$94e27ad1@beefstew>; from goldtech@worldpost.com on Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 02:09:47PM -0400 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 02:09:47PM -0400, leegold wrote: > 1 is there anyway to get a table of contents, an index , or a list of all > the commands > described in the man pages? > ``apropos all'' although you may prefer ``apropos N'' where N is the section number of the manual. > 2. i am trying to find the cammand to give a user selective access to root > only commands. I thought it was suon but there's no man pg for that > command. > ITYM sudo, it's in the ports. > 3. i can only use ppp as root. i tried in rc.config: > > ppp_enable="YES" > ppp_mode="auto" > ppp_profile="papchap" > > to be able to use ppp as a user. But this is NOT doing what I want - it > dials up ( i don't know where ) at long-in, I REALLY DON"T KNOW WHAT IT"S > DOING. All I want is to be able to callup my ISP as as a user ( not only as > root which is the only way I can do it right now ). I don't want it dialing > automaticly w/out my command. > > I just want to be able to log on to my isp as a user. THAT"S ALL. > add allow user to /etc/ppp/ppp.conf and make sure that is in the network group. > 4. cdcontrol expects I have SCSI cd drive it expects /dev/cd0c or cd0. I use > acd0. SO I have to enter a whole long command line specifying my device for > every command. The man page for cdcontrol says it will default to an env var > CD_MUSIC. ok, how do I set that var to /dev/acd0? Right now there's not such > var. > ``man cdcontrol'' shows: -f device Specify a device, such as /dev/cd0c or mcd0. Both absolute path and relative to /dev filename are possible. Suffix `c' is added to the device name if needed. > Thanks > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message