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Date:      Fri, 04 Dec 1998 01:38:23 +0000
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        Andrew Boothman <andrew@sour.cream.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: PPP Permission Problem 
Message-ID:  <199812040138.BAA38299@dev.lan.awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 30 Nov 1998 20:27:21 GMT." <3662FFA9.77FBF87@sour.cream.org> 

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> Hi!
> 
> I'm using FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE and ppp version 1.7 (as supplied with
> 2.2.7).
> 
> I have had to use "chmod o+x ppp" in order to let other users execute
> ppp

Why not add them to the ``network'' group as the man page suggests ?

> When I try to run 'ppp' as a normal user, I get the message "you may not
> use ppp in this mode with this label".
> 
> I have 'allow users' in the default section of my /etc/ppp/ppp.conf and
> the permissions on /usr/sbin/ppp are set correctly.

Try ``allow users *'', or list the individuals.

> It works fine as root.
> 
> This is a minor problem which I would like to clear up if possible.
> 
> Many thanks.
> --
> Andrew Boothman <andrew@sour.cream.org>
> http://sour.cream.org/
> http://www.boothman.easynet.co.uk/andrew/

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....



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