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| 341479 | 2005-04-04 09:49:00 | Hi, On my Linux Core2 machine(single user root & nonroot) I can not dial-up unless I'm logged in as root. Can someone please tell if there's a way to connect without having to log-out & log in again as root. Cheers Sarum |
sarum (6222) | ||
| 341480 | 2005-04-04 10:32:00 | Is there a dialup group? If so add your non-root user to it. If not you might want to look at making such a group and changing at least your modem device file to this group leaving it as user root, there may be other provisions to make, but i'm not sure, as I've never set it up myself. | SaAB (1292) | ||
| 341481 | 2005-04-05 10:07:00 | Hi SAab, Thanks for your help; I'll try these things. It's no big deal really, but as a newbie I'm not happy about being 'root' too much. Cheers Sarum |
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| 341482 | 2005-04-06 02:45:00 | [QUOTE=sarum]Hi, On my Linux Core2 machine(single user root & nonroot) I can not dial-up unless I'm logged in as root. /QUOTE] This is an area where security policies collide. In a multi-user system like *nix, it's very bad for a "user" to be able connect to the Internet. So that is reserved to root --- the System Administrator. :) But in the huge majority of Linux installations, the "user" is the only one, and is the SA as well.. And it's a Very Bad Idea to be connected to the Internet as root. :( As always, there's a way around it. But the fine details vary between distributions. |
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