network access permission

[yahooram]

hello everyone

i am using RHEL5 and using network (xdsl connection).
i want to give permissions to non root users so that they can use internet without knowing root password.

so define me the way to give permissions to other users.

[Rubberman]

You shouldn't need to give permissions to anybody once the network connection is established and you have a network device that is visible to the system. What does the ifconfig -a command say once you have the connection established?

[yahooram]

thanks rubberman

my problem is
every time when i logged in as non root user, it asking for root password to connect to the internet.

i wanted to give permission to that user so if he wants to connect to the internet he not requir root password.

[Rubberman]

You need to configure the system to automatically connect to the internet on bootup, or you need to give them sudo permissions and create a script for them to use to make the connection that uses sudo to start the service. Or, you need to configure the service to allow non-root users to connect.

[yahooram]

you say
"You need to configure the system to automatically connect to the internet on bootup, or you need to give them sudo permissions and create a script for them to use to make the connection that uses sudo to start the service. Or, you need to configure the service to allow non-root users to connect."


but how rubberman?

[yahooram]

please define me at least one way to do this

[mikesd]

See if this helps
Redhat network interface configuration

or

Linux Network Configuration

I run opensuse or I'd be able to give you more step by step