>On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Roger Fischer wrote:
>
>> I don't like having to SU everytime I start PPP.
>> I did a chmod o+x on all the ppp-scripts and I checked that pppd is
>> other+x, but still if I try to start ppp as anything other than root, I
>>get
>> permission denied.  How can I change this?
>>
>> #2
>> How do I get my prompt to change when I 'su root'?  If I 'su -' it does a
>> full login and that works, but that changes my directory and everything.

Have you tried 'su' all by itself?  (In My case) I would assume roots
shell, but keep my current directory.

Also, perhaps make yourself a 'wheel' member  (add your name after root's
in /etc/groups line for 'wheel'.  Comma seperated, but no spaces.)

Apologies for the late reply...just un-backlogging my mail.

Steve Revilak
revilak@umbsky.cc.umb.edu