On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 12:22:17PM +0530, Parameshwara Bhat wrote: .... > /usr/sbin/kppp > Are there any more ideas on what could be or what should be done ? > > Coming from MSWindows environement,I would think security being so tight > as not allow non-root users of desktop an internet connection very crazy. > I chose Power Desktop Installation and a decent user-oriented installation > should have set this automatically . Is Linux not to be used on desktops > and layman users? The security is not really so crazy/tight if you think about it. Linux can have a long list of network services that would be at risk if any non-root user could break or misuse network links. And yes I do agree with you. The setup tool should prompt for a setup result where non-root activation was permitted and perhaps multiple dial up accounts as well. I thought I saw a message pass that all was working for you so I will let this go here. -- T o m M i t c h e l l /dev/null the ultimate in secure storage.
