Re: [Sheflug] WVdial permissions again

[wulfie <nospam [at] wulfric7.co.uk>]

With SuSE, chown-ing /etc/pap- & chap-secrets to dialout group did the
trick for me. If using another distro chown to the group users are added
to to allow dialup internet access.

In MC, simply navigate using the cursors & <ENTER> to the required dir -
eg. /etc/ppp, highlight the file you want to change, press CTRL- x then o,
hten use the cursor to highlight the user and/or group to set ownership
for. Use <TAB> to move across columns.   


On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Keith wrote:

> Hello Stephen and Paul.
> 
> Thank you both for your advice on how to sort my "permissions" problem.
> 
> Stephen, I have followed exactly what you said, but when logged in as myself, I
> still get the message that I can't modify the pap and chap-secrets files as I
> don't have permission. So it seems to me that the problem is caused by
> something else - perhaps some setting which I have got incorrect.  I will keep
> on looking to see if I can find what's causing it.
> 
> Paul, I used CTL-x o in Midnight Commander and came to a halt. I couldn't
> fathom out how to actually look at the files and change their group. So that's
> something else to add to my very long list of things to find out about!
> 
> I won't take up any more of the group's time, as I can connect using wVDial
> both when as root and when as myself.
> 
> Thank you both again, and I will let you know if/when I sort the problem.
> 
> Very best wishes
> 
> Keith
> 
> (Sent using KMail - a much better program than Outlook express!)
> 
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