Re: netcfg & PPP (fwd)

[micros50 <micros50 computer net>]

> hi there.. just trying to make things slick on my system..
> 
> wondering what I need to do to start up a PPP connection I've defined in
> 'netcfg' (ie, from the command line rather than from within X).
> 
> and on the same lines, how can I let a user account other than 'root'
> access 'netcfg'? or is that not the done thing?  and if not, then how
> can I let other users start up those PPP connections from the command
> line then?
> 
> cheers
> 
> Matt

 Generally I don't think that one would want large numbers of users of a 
system to have easy and ready access to "netcfg" as anyone would be able 
to log in and change networking parameters according to their whims.

 Usually the way its done  is by writing and configuring "ppp-on", 
"ppp-off",and "chat" scripts.  Once written and properly configured all a 
user has to do is to type "ppp-on" on the command line in order to bring 
up the link and "ppp-off" to shut it down.  When we did this here we 
still did not want all users to be able to bring ppp up and/or down. So 
what we did was to create a group called "ppp" and we added to that group 
only those users to which  we wished to grant the ability to bring up or 
shut down the link. The next step was to change group ownership of 
"ppp-on", " $ chgrp ppp ppp-on", and then set permissions according to 
the rule "$ chmod 754 ppp-on", thereby allowing only "root" and  members 
of the  group "ppp" execute privleges. Of course you can set groups, and 
permissions, etc to suit the specific needs of your system should you 
decide on going this route.

 For further info on configuring ppp, ppp-on, ppp-off, chat, PAP, etc, 
you may want to have a look at:

http://www.linux.ncsu.edu/LinuxDocProject/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO.html

or

http://opa.gt.owl.de/SuSE/PPP-HOWTO.html#toc3

/Eleanore 
/  micros50 computer net
 
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