internet only as root !

[kantor_98]

I can enter on the net only if I am root. My other user cannot acces the net. I am behind a firewall, in a proxy... inside a net (big one, about 300 people). I don'n like to be root to enter in internet !

[apoorv_khurasia]

Try this as a normal user (i.e., your username) on a console:-

$ ping www.linuxforums.org

If you receive messages such as...

PING linuxforums.org (67.15.52.42) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from ev1s-67-15-52-42.ev1servers.net (67.15.52.42): icmp_seq=0 ttl=40 time=463 ms
.....
.....

then check your browser's proxy settings. They should be the same as the root's browser's settings.

If you get messages such as:-

PING linuxforums.org (67.15.52.42) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from ev1s-67-15-52-42.ev1servers.net (67.15.52.42): icmp_seq=0 ttl=40 time=463 ms
WARNING: failed to install socket filter
: Protocol not available
64 bytes from ev1s-67-15-52-42.ev1servers.net (67.15.52.42): icmp_seq=1 ttl=40 time=508 ms
...
...

or a similar message which basically means that you are not allowed to access the net then try adding yourself to the net group. In case that too does not work please post here back again.

[abhishek456]

try this
after logging as a user(not root) run "konsole --type su". In the konsole type root password and then try to open webbrowser from the same Konsole and also ping from the same konsole. Let me know what is the result

[tyc]

try this
after logging as a user(not root) run "konsole --type su". In the konsole type root password and then try to open webbrowser from the same Konsole and also ping from the same konsole. Let me know what is the result

Did that fellow ever get back to you? I'm having the same trouble but for some reason this particular topic can't be "captured" and/or printed out for working off line.

tyc