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  From: Adam Hawes <adam_hawes@dingoblue.net.au>
  To  : Aristotle <aristotle@ihug.com.au>
        <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 21:30:14 +1030

Re: Family Internet Connection

>>> Any ideas?

On RedHat 7.1 (I guess similar to Mandrake):

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0

DEVICE=ppp0
NAME=My_Internet
WVDIALSECT=My_Internet
MODEMPORT=/dev/ttyS0
LINESPEED=57600
PAPNAME=my_username
USERCTL=true
ONBOOT=no
PERSIST=no
DEFROUTE=yes
PEERDNS=yes
DEMAND=no
IDLETIMEOUT=600
BOOTPROTO=none

The line that's really interesting is USERCTL.  This tells the 
system/PPP that ordinary users are allowed to start and stop this 
interface without root privelages.  Just add/change the line in the file 
to be USERCTL=true.  That should make it do what you want.

Cheers,
Adam


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