Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:32:58 -0500 (CDT) From: Fengping Li <fli@post.its.mcw.edu> To: mattb@mail.insync.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KPPP Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000925153142.17815A-100000@post.its.mcw.edu> In-Reply-To: <200009250028.TAA21748@sneety.insync.net>
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Hi there, Do the following as root: touch /etc/ppp/options chmod 777 /etc/ppp/options Good luck! On Sun, 24 Sep 100 mattb@mail.insync.net wrote: > Date: Sun, 24 Sep 100 19:28:53 +0000 > From: mattb@mail.insync.net > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: KPPP > > Hello, > > This appears to be a simple permissions problem yet I am not knowledgabe enough > as of yet to figure it out... > > The problem: > > I have set up ppp simply by inputting my providers dialup information in the > kppp dialup application. I can establish a connection only when i am logged in > as root. I would like to be able to just log in as a normal user or let someone > else at the house establish a ppp connection without having to login as root > and then su to their respective user accounts. I am using device cuaa0. Also > when i try to use kppp while a regular user and fail to make a connection i see > an error that says something about options no such file or directory. I do > not get this when i use ppp as root user. As a non-root user i get as far as > having the modem dial and then it attempts to connect and then it just drops. > any clues? > > Mattmail.insync.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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