From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 11 19:29:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.twave.net (twave.net [206.100.228.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6729914C15 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 19:29:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brameld@twave.net) Received: from [208.219.234.60] by mail.twave.net (NTMail 3.03.0018/1.abwg) with ESMTP id la781259 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 22:28:26 -0500 Message-ID: <387BF576.8825D366@twave.net> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 22:31:02 -0500 From: Walter Brameld X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Salvo Bartolotta Cc: "eric@etcomp.com" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to let a user use PPP References: <387BB4D5.C4EACA81@etcomp.com> <20000112.121500@bartequi.ottodomain.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Salvo Bartolotta wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On 1/11/00, 11:55:17 PM, "eric@etcomp.com" wrote > regarding how to let a user use PPP: > > > hi., i'm wondering., how do i let a regular user., use PPP to dial to > > the ISP.. MSN. thanks i don't like to dialup using root ., ya know > > -- > > . > > 'i trust i can rely on your vote' > > -radiohead [http://radiohead.co.uk] > > Dear Eric, > > you have two options (kernel and user PPP). > Please try both as an exercise :-) > > They are described in the docs (yet again !). > > Hint I (kernel PPP) > You migh wish to define a /etc/ppp/peers and write an > /etc/ppp/peers/your_isp script in which ... > > Hint II (user PPP) > You migh wish to add a "allow users my_user1 my_user2 ... " in > /etc/ppp/ppp.conf ... > > Your "Internet" users should belong to the network group. > Read the archives, too ! ;-) > > Both PPP work seamlessly for me. > > Best regards, > Salvo > > N.B. myjokingdomain ===> neomedia.it to e-mail to me. > > ******************************* > * * > * Windows: brain-dead limits * > * BeOS: limited apps * > * Linux: unlimited (mindset) * > * FreeBSD: no limits * > * * > ******************************* > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message What is 'kernel PPP'? I have mine set up in /etc/rc.conf so it dials at bootup. Is that the same thing? -- Walter "TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch!" Robert A. Heinlein To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message