Internet only as root
Jeff Vian
jvian10 at charter.net
Sun Feb 22 21:54:44 UTC 2004
antonio montagnani wrote:
> Jeff Vian wrote/ha scritto, On/il 22/02/2004 21:30:
>
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>> So everything works for the regular user after starting the
>> connection as root??
>> This is normal, and by default only root is allowed to change
>> interface status.
>>
>> I see that ppp0 uses eth1, and the routing seems correct as does the
>> DNS so unless your desire is to make it so any user can change the
>> status of the interface, I see no problems.
>>
>> There are many ways to make it so the regular user can start/stop the
>> adsl connection.
>> A script to start it with root privledges comes to mind quickly.
>> To start it at boot time you can use one of the rc. scripts (such as
>> rc.local) or the inittab as simple points to control it. You also
>> can set it up as a service if you wish.
>>
>>
>
> Why don't you use the graphical interface ( redhat-control-network )
> and set that internet connection (ppp0) may be started also by users???
>
> Rgds
the OP already said that using this tool broke his ppp0 configuration
and it had to be reconfigured with adsl-config. Although he did not
explicitly say what he changed in it.
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