RE: [Sheflug] Thanks and WVDial permissions

["Paul Sims" <nospam [at] lombard.co.uk>]

Try setting group ownership to dialout rather than root for the *-secrets files.

On Friday, July 28, 2000 7:29 PM, keithp@g4jvx.screaming.net [SMTP:keithp [at] g4jvx.screaming.net] wrote:
> First of all, many thanks to Richard and Will for your suggestions about a good
> Linux book. They have been passed on to my colleague and he is very grateful
> for your help.
> 
> I know that this was brought up several weeks ago, but I hope you don't mind my
> bringing it up again.
> 
> I can dial out with WVDial when logged on as ROOT, but when I am logged on as
> myself, I get "Permission denied. Can't modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets or
> chap-secrets." I have used YAST to modify the groups as in the manual, and I am
> included in the dialout, modem and uucp groups. According to the manual, it
> should work and I can't understand why it doesn't. I have read this part of the
> manual several times. I have checked the pap and chap files and each has my
> user name and password as the last line (both in speech marks).
> 
> Martin said to add a line to the /etc/ppp/options file and to use the chmod
> command. I haven't tried this yet. Do I have to enter the chmod command each
> time I use WVDial, or only once? Do I enter the command when logged in as ROOT
> or when logged in as myself? 
> 
> If somone could briefly explain why the YAST group settings don't work and
> exactly how I enter the chmod command, I would be very grateful. 
> 
> Very many thanks
> 
> Keith
> 
> keithp [at] g4jvx.screaming.net
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