Why don't you just make a ppp user, without a password and place the ppp
script in place of a shell.  I believe this would eliminate your problem.
drop me a line if it does work.
Shane Celis
semios@qnis.net
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>>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
>
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