Modem light's won't show traffic

[Mariano Draghi]

Hi,
I'd like to know how to setup the modemlights applet and/or ifup|ifdown 
scripts so an _ordinary_ user (i.e. not root) can have the traffic shown 
in the applet.

If I login as root, it works perfect.
If I login as any other user, I can make the connection without 
problems, but the "light" of the applet reminds yellow (as if it where 
still connecting), and no traffic is shown.

I suppose it has to do with some permission, but I'd rather ask before 
chmoding something wrong... I don't want to loose the security of my 
dial-up connection.

Besides, I suppose it's a bug. If I setup the network interface so any 
user can start up it (as it is), then the expected behavior of the 
applet would be that any user can see the connection status and the traffic.

Thanks in advance for any input...

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Mariano