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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> I cannot dial as 'user' with eznet:

I have no problem dialing as a user with eznet.  This 
was discussed before (more than one occasion).  Please 
look in the archives.

> /etc/ppp/options No such file.  What is root using 
> as the equivalent?  

/var/eznet/eznet.conf

> I cannot ssh as 'user' 

I have no problem running ssh as a user.

> Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive)

It is very difficult for some people to get their heads 
around permissions.  That's why BL3 runs as root.

> The TAG gang tell me to switch to some distribution 
> that does not operate as root

Yeah, tell me something I don't know.

> such as Puppy Linux or DamnSmallLinux.

Bye, bye.

>  I said I would try to dial and run X and go online as 
> 'user' 

I do it every day.  It's no big deal.

> but it is tricky.

Yeah, permissions are tricky for inexperienced users.

Cheers,
Steven