Thanks for this. It appears that I can now continue to use CentOS :-) Sudev Barar wrote: >On 9/25/05, Glen Roy <centos at cooyal.com> wrote: > > >>I need all users to be able to dial into the Internet using either kppp >>or whatever without being asked for a root password. I only have >>dial-up, thanks to Telstra. I've searched for days and tried various >>things but no luck. Please help me out with simple, step-by-step >>instructions aimed at a new user. I tried changing permissions, creating >>dialout group and adding users but no luck. Hope to hear from someone >>soon in regards to this issue. >> >> > >Use "neat" First start neat and give root password when prompted, add >modem in hardware tab by clicking on new. Then in the Devices tab >click new and create a modem connection giving all details. After >hitting finish again click on the edit for modem connection. You will >see "Allow users to start" box tick this while "Activate at start" >should be unticked. >Test modem connection by activating modem and de-activating. > >Now users can start / stop this connection from menu >Application>System Tools>Network Device Control or by command >"system-control-network" > >Basically neat uses /etc/wvdial.conf file to store dial up details and >uses wvdial command. >HTH >Sudev Barar >Learning Linux >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > >