[Techtalk] wvdial, pppd, and permissions insanity

[Carla Schroder]

On Tuesday 18 October 2005 2:51 pm, Wim De Smet wrote:
> On 10/14/05, Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com> wrote:
> > OK gang, this is driving me nuts.
> >
> >[...]
> > All brilliant notions welcome.
> >
> > Please note I have googled a lot and found the same problem all over. One
> > suggested solution was using an alias file containing USERCTL=yes.
> > (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/ref-guide/s1-netwo
> >rkscripts-interfaces.html) Tried that. Didn't work.
>
> I don't have much brilliance to tap from but might it be SELinux
> related? Maybe the kernel is configured in such a way that normal
> users just can't get at the device?
>
> greets,
> Wim

That's a good thought, Wim, but I don't have SELinux enabled. I have enough 
troubles :) Did you see Almust's post? That contains the solution.

Carla
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