--How did you create the user, ' useradd ' or ' adduser '?
o Which web browser are they using?
o Check to see if the web browser is trying to access a proxy.
Originally Posted by bongski55
I have already complained about this before but did not get a clear solution. This is getting to be a pain for me!
I just created another user but this new user is unable to browse sites and getting 'unknown host' error messages instead. The non root user(knoppix user) created during hd install works ok. I even tried to make the groups for the new user the same as for the knoppix user but no effect.
Can somebody please teach me how to solve this probelm once and for all?
--How did you create the user, ' useradd ' or ' adduser '?
o Which web browser are they using?
o Check to see if the web browser is trying to access a proxy.
Originally Posted by bongski55
adduserOriginally Posted by Dave_Bechtel
konqueror and/or operao Which web browser are they using?
I don't think it does, I have no problems using the default knoppix user (and the root).o Check to see if the web browser is trying to access a proxy.
--I confess I'm stumped, never ran into that particular error before. Sounds weird.
--Maybe try ' deluser --remove-home USERID ' and add them back in again? Then as root ' cd /home; chown -R USERID.USERID USERID ' to make sure of their file ownership. This is just a shot in the dark, you should back up their home dir before trying this if they have anything to lose.
Originally Posted by bongski55
I found a remedy for my problem. I created a group 'dip' and added that group to my non root user.
Everything is okay now.
Ah, I think I found out why: (google is your friend)
http://www.psg.com/~brian/doc/comms/ppp.htm
--It all depends on who owns the pppd:
' whereis pppd '
pppd: /usr/sbin/pppd /usr/share/man/man8/pppd.8.gz
' ls -l /usr/sbin/pppd '--I checked my old /etc/group for SuSE and my userid was in groups "dialout" and "modem." So wvdial must have been owned by one of those groups, as well as pppd. I presume you're using dip as your dialout method; I always used kppp at first, then wvdial on-demand (Server does the dialing when it gets a Squid HTTP request) until I got DSL, which uses pppoe.Code:-rwxr-x--- 1 root dip 234504 Nov 24 2002 /usr/sbin/pppd*
--Ah, I think I get it now. When I was using dialup, I always started teh internet connection as root, and all other users could access the connection. Are you starting the dialer as the non-root user?
Originally Posted by bongski55
Yes,I dial as non root.
A-Tech 8GB DDR3 1600 PC3-12800 Laptop SODIMM 204-Pin Memory RAM PC3L DDR3L 1x 8G
$13.99
HyperX FURY DDR3 8GB 16GB 32GB 1600 MHz PC3-12800 Desktop RAM Memory DIMM 240pin
$12.90
Samsung 128GB (4x 32GB) M86B4G70DM0-CMA3 PC3-14900L 4Rx4 DDR3 ECC Reg Server Mem
$39.99
Samsung 256GB (16GBx16) 2Rx4 PC3L-10600R DDR3 ECC RDIMM Server Memory #99
$124.99
Samsung 16GB 2Rx4 PC4-2400 RDIMM DDR4-19200 ECC REG Registered Server Memory RAM
$20.99
Kingston KCP424SD8/16 16GB DDR4 2400Mhz Memory RAM
$15.00
A-Tech 8GB PC3-12800 Desktop DDR3 1600 MHz Non ECC 240-Pin DIMM Memory RAM 1x 8G
$13.99
HyperX FURY RAM DDR4 16GB 8GB 32GB 4GB 3200 2666 2400 2133 Desktop Memory DIMM
$9.64
A-Tech 256GB 4x 64GB 4Rx4 PC4-19200 ECC Load Reduced LRDIMM Server Memory RAM
$287.96
A-Tech 128GB 2x 64GB 4Rx4 PC4-19200 ECC Load Reduced LRDIMM Server Memory RAM
$143.98