Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 03:04:34 -0600 (CST) From: trout2 <trout2@advancenet.net> To: Mike <mike@vee.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user ppp permission problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903100300470.2624-100000@trout.in.the.milky.way.org> In-Reply-To: <36E5E40B.C374F21A@vee.net>
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is the line in your ppp.conf file "allow user foo" or "allow users foo"? should be 'users' also, you might want to try "./MAKEDEV tun0" On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Mike wrote: > > Hi people, > > I'm trying to get user ppp working for users other than root. It works > fine for root. I've added > allow user foo > to /etc/ppp/ppp.conf in the appropriate section and added user foo to > group network, but I'm getting this error message: > > No tunnel device is available (Permission denied) > > Playing with tun0's permissions didn't work. I'm using 3.0-RELEASE. > > Any suggestions? Thanks. > Mike. > > -- > ? Michael Gratton - mike@vee.net > ! "I'd rather be anywhere, doing anything" > > http://web.vee.net/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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