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Re: [SLE] kinternet and providers
- From: Bruce Marshall <bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 17:25:18 -0500
- Message-id: <200411061725.18430.bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Saturday 06 November 2004 05:17 pm, Geoff Horn wrote:
> I have a system running SuSE Pro 9.2 that has two users each with a
> different dialup internet provider, but using the same modem. When logging
> into one user from the other one they always have to right-click on the
> kinternet icon and select their provider. This is because kinternet
> defaults to whichever user last selected their provider. In the kinternetrc
> config file under [Startup] their is only the one entry:
> "interface=modem0", no mention of provider.
>
> Has anybody got a solution for this problem?
>
> Geoff
Sure, use something other then kinternet... like pppd which is the basis of
all dial-up connections. There may be other methods but that is the method I
would use.
Then place a command in their .bashrc file to start up the pppd connection.
You will have total control then of the connection, by user.
> I have a system running SuSE Pro 9.2 that has two users each with a
> different dialup internet provider, but using the same modem. When logging
> into one user from the other one they always have to right-click on the
> kinternet icon and select their provider. This is because kinternet
> defaults to whichever user last selected their provider. In the kinternetrc
> config file under [Startup] their is only the one entry:
> "interface=modem0", no mention of provider.
>
> Has anybody got a solution for this problem?
>
> Geoff
Sure, use something other then kinternet... like pppd which is the basis of
all dial-up connections. There may be other methods but that is the method I
would use.
Then place a command in their .bashrc file to start up the pppd connection.
You will have total control then of the connection, by user.
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