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  From: Geoffrey D. Bennett <g@netcraft.com.au>
  To  : surfnsun@nor.com.au
  Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 17:00:50 +0930 (CST)

Re: user dial up

> So what is the preferred method to enable a user to use network 
> interfaces so that a user can send mail.
> I have created a user for myself other than root but cannot use this 
> to send mail as I cannot use the dialup

If you used Red Hat's netcfg tool to configure the interface, go to
Interfaces, pick the PPP interface, and click Edit.  Turn on "Allow
any user to (de)activate interface".  I'm not sure what version of Red
Hat this option came in with, but if yours doesn't have it, you can
just upgrade netcfg (version 2.16-1 has it).  You'll also need version
2.92 or later of initscripts, and version 1.16 or later of pythonlib
(isn't 'rpm -q --requires' wonderful? :).

Regards,
-- 
Geoffrey D. Bennett (geoffrey@netcraft.com.au)
Computer Systems Manager, NetCraft Australia
http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/
Red Hat Linux Resellers: http://www.netcraft.com.au/redhat/