From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 19 1:57: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from typhoon.mail.pipex.net (typhoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CD5E937BBD3 for ; Sat, 19 Feb 2000 01:56:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 4206 invoked from network); 19 Feb 2000 09:56:57 -0000 Received: from userab57.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.130.156) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 19 Feb 2000 09:56:57 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA00550; Sat, 19 Feb 2000 09:56:44 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 09:56:44 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: "Ronald G. Arnold Jr." Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP Only As Root Message-ID: <20000219095643.B328@marder-1> References: <001301bf7a8b$00b3f620$a27b403f@ronaldjr> <20000219094604.A328@marder-1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <20000219094604.A328@marder-1> Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Feb 19, 2000 at 09:46:04AM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 09:40:00PM -0600, Ronald G. Arnold Jr. wrote: > > I can't dial my ISP as a user, only as root. I know I need to be in > > network to use PPP, but not sure how it should look. I am only listed in > > network once and it reads: > > wheel:*:0:root,ronald. > ^^^^^^^ > > I take it that's a typo or paste-o and should be > > network:*:0:root,ronald > Doh! After suggesting you made a careless cut 'n' paste I made one myself. Of couse it can't be gid 0, that's wheel, and you don't need root in the group. Try something like network:*:67:ronald > > Where else should I be added and is there any > > thing I should add in ppp.conf to be able to dial up? > > > > You need to add ``allow user ronald'' to /etc/ppp/ppp.conf as well *or > ``allow user *'' to allow all users in the network group). > > > Ronald > > P.S. Found something for Gates and Windows haters: > > Perhaps the Most Truthful: > > on Microsoft marketing: > > "There won't be anything we won't say to people to try and convince them > > that our way is the way to go." > > > > more to be found here: > > http://www.dimensional.com/~schaffet/microsuck.html > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? > Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? > BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? > -Poster at LinuxWorld 2000 > ________________________________________________________________ > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? -Poster at LinuxWorld 2000 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message