Thanks,
Nuno Ferreira
markl@syd.net.au on 23-08-99 13:36:57
To: Nuno F Ferreira/APCMC
cc:
Subject: Re: Connect script fails
This is because pppd needs to modify interface parameters in the kernel
space, something a normal user cannot do.
Regards,
Mark Lipscombe
Information Technology Manager
Sydnet Group Pty Ltd
Ph: 02 9873 6400 Fax: 02 9873 6411
Web: http://www.syd.net.au/
Email: markl@syd.net.au
----- Original Message -----
From: Nuno F Ferreira <Nuno_F_Ferreira@www.apcmc.pt>
To: <linux-admin@vger.rutgers.edu>; <linux-config@vger.rutgers.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 9:32 PM
Subject: Connect script fails
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> In SuSE 6.0.
>
> Why is it that `pppd connect "chat -f chat_file" /dev/ttyS1 115200 modem
> crtscts -detach` can only be executed by root.
>
> The normal user:
> is in the dialout group (for pppd and chat).
> can read and write /dev/ttyS1.
> the /etc/ppp/options is readable.
>
> What am I forgetting here.
>
> Thanks,
> Nuno Ferreira
>
>
>
>
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