how do i connect to the internet without becoming su, and disconnect afterwards?

Quercus ruber · 03-23-2004, 10:25 AM

This is probably a silly question but i come from a windows environment....

how do i connect my pc to the internet when i want to use it (the internet) and then disconnect it when i'm finished?

at the moment i activate the mandrake control centre when i want to go online (like now), log on as root and connect. then i disconnect when i've done whatever it is i want to do online.

surely there must be an easier way ????

Q. robur

aaa · 03-23-2004, 10:29 AM

How are you connecting?
Look into sudo

lachlan · 03-24-2004, 04:43 AM

Install and configure kppp,it's on one of your CD's.

Lachlan

ghow961 · 03-24-2004, 02:46 PM

If you are using adsl ....

You can use the commands adsl-start adsl-stop and adsl-status
To configure the connection use adsl-setup

They are installed with rp-pppoe package, and run as root
To allow any user connect/disconnect add these lines to /etc/sudoers

Code:

# Create ADSL alias for the adsl commands
Cmnd_Alias      ADSL = /usr/sbin/adsl-start, /usr/sbin/adsl-status, /usr/sbin/adsl-stop
# Allow all users run the adsl commands without a password
ALL     ALL = NOPASSWD: ADSL

Then any user can run the commands using sudo (run as root), eg "sudo adsl-start"
The simplest thing is to create aliases in your .bashrc such as these

Code:

alias adslstart='sudo adsl-start'
alias adslstatus='sudo adsl-status'
alias adslstop='sudo adsl-stop'

Then you can connect/disconnect with adslstart and adslstop

Quercus ruber · 03-30-2004, 12:38 AM

i've done it, thatnks. i had to install kppp and now
it works fine

thanks a lot

Q. ruber

Santas · 07-30-2004, 02:34 PM

Hello:

To connect to internet i did what ghow961 said but when i run the comand adslstop or adslstart i get this:
sudo: adsl-stop: command not found

I have read the sudo help but i can find where is the mistake

btmiller · 07-30-2004, 02:44 PM

Santas, do you have a PPPoE client like rp-pppoe installed? The adsl-{start,stop,status} commands are part of that package.

Santas · 07-30-2004, 03:07 PM

yes i can connect to the net but only as root i have installed pr-pppoe