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#1 2007-08-14 10:56:34

bored2k
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Registered: 2006-01-14
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Regular users lost Internet after upgrade

After I installed 2007.05 and inmediately upgraded to 2007.08, I found that regular users were not able to log into the internet. As usual, regular users are members of the wheel, optical, audio and users groups.

What gives? yikes

Thanks in advance.

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#2 2007-08-14 12:22:29

somedrew
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From: Canada
Registered: 2007-05-14
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Re: Regular users lost Internet after upgrade

How are you connecting? If it's with NetworkManager, users will need to be a member of the network group.

Last edited by somedrew (2007-08-14 12:22:54)

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#3 2007-08-14 12:26:45

Lone_Wolf
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From: Netherlands, Europe
Registered: 2005-10-04
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Re: Regular users lost Internet after upgrade

bored2k wrote:

As usual, regular users are members of the wheel, optical, audio and users groups.

The wheel group is normally used to give users root rights, a regular user should NOT have root rights.


Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.


(A works at time B)  && (time C > time B ) ≠  (A works at time C)

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#4 2007-08-14 13:59:14

bored2k
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Re: Regular users lost Internet after upgrade

somedrew wrote:

How are you connecting? If it's with NetworkManager, users will need to be a member of the network group.

RC.conf, and I did try adding myself to the network group (to no avail).

I fixed it by reinstalling 2007.05 from scratch (.08's iso won't boot on me) and upgrading inmediately. Rough fix, but it worked. big_smile

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#5 2007-08-14 14:00:21

bored2k
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Registered: 2006-01-14
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Re: Regular users lost Internet after upgrade

Lone_Wolf wrote:
bored2k wrote:

As usual, regular users are members of the wheel, optical, audio and users groups.

The wheel group is normally used to give users root rights, a regular user should NOT have root rights.

wheel=root rights? Rights like what? I've always added myself to wheel for over a year now and I've never had such rights...

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#6 2007-08-14 14:07:48

Cerebral
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From: Waterloo, ON, CA
Registered: 2005-04-08
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Re: Regular users lost Internet after upgrade

Good link describing the group: http://administratosphere.wordpress.com … eel-group/

Why would you add yourself to a group when you don't even know what the purpose of the group is?

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#7 2007-08-15 02:36:54

MW
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Registered: 2007-07-27
Posts: 127

Re: Regular users lost Internet after upgrade

Next time it happens have a look at /etc/resolv.conf and make sure it was not overwritten.

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