users can't connect to dsl

spamhippy · 08-13-2004, 12:12 AM

hi.... probably a basic question here....

root can 'adsl-start' users can't... how do i give permission to do this? searched the forum... but haven't found an answer (maybe i'm searching for the wrong things...lol) found one topic addresses this... but it's from 2001 and nobody ever answered the question!
any help? much thanx

gbonvehi · 08-13-2004, 12:24 AM

I run adsl-start on startup so i don't have that problem, but you can try by giving the correct permissions running: chmod a+x /path/to/adsl-start

Edit: I've just remembered it's on /usr/sbin, so the best way to do this would be using sudo. Run "visudo" goto the end with the arrow keys, press O. Type: %users ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/adsl-start . Hit ESC then press :wq and ENTER.
To run adsl-start as a user type: sudo /usr/sbin/adsl-start

spamhippy · 08-13-2004, 12:45 AM

hmmm... well... how do you do adsl-start on start up? might be easier for what i need....

gbonvehi · 08-13-2004, 12:47 AM

Just put adsl-start in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
and it'll be run on boot.