Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:32:10 -0500 From: Jud <Jud@operamail.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com>, jmz <jmz@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Newbie: XFree86-4 and Permissions Message-ID: <3ABE6DFF@operamail.com>
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>===== Original Message From Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> ===== >> From jmz@FreeBSD.org Mon Jan 4 12:07:19 1999 >> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 04:44:46 -0800 (PST) >> From: Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@FreeBSD.org> >> To: Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> >> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, Jud@operamail.com, jtonsing@operamail.com >> Subject: Re: Newbie: XFree86-4 and Permissions >> >> >>>>> Ian Patrick Thomas writes: >> >> > try doing chmod 644 ppp.conf >> >> This is not the solution. ppp.conf must remain unreadable by >> users. Look at the ppp man page instead (search for 'allow user') >> >> Jean-Marc >> >> -- >> Jean-Marc Zucconi -- PGP Key: finger jmz@FreeBSD.org [KeyID: 400B38E9] >> >Thanks for the heads up. I did not know that this file needed these permissions. You're right, allow users should do the trick and make sure that your username is added to group network. I need to do this on my system. > >Humbly Corrected >Ian With all respect, I think we may be barking up the wrong tree here. The "allow user" line has always been in my ppp.conf file, and I have included myself as a member of the network group in /etc/group as well. I was able to use ppp as a regular user without any problem until installing XFree86-4. During the XFree86-4 install I got a message about running xdm or installing wrapper. Since I've always used a .xinitrc file and am unfamiliar with xdm, I chose to install wrapper. While I somehow have managed to get the X server to run without having to become superuser, something's changed somewhere since the XFree86-4 installation that prevents me from having access to ppp other than as root/superuser. A possible clue that (my apologies) I should have included in my original post: when logging out of the X server, I get messages that the root/.Xauthority file does not exist. Jud I To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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