no response as regular user~ SU responds properly

That did it! Thanks.

On Sunday 03 August 2003 05:17 am, der.hans wrote:
> Am 02. Aug, 2003 schw=E4tzte Michael Havens so:
> > This is like so weird. As my regular user it acts as if the modem is not
> > connected (can't read mail or WEBpages) but if I log in as super user
> > everything is fine. Any suggestions as to what is wrong? Could it be a
> > permissions problem? If that is so then which file? (One further thing-
> > if I merely switch user from a terminal and then start kmail or konquer=
or
> > it will not woork; I have to log in as super user.)
>
> Yes, it's a permissions problem.
>
> grep knoppix /etc/group
>
> That will give you a list of groups ( the single word before any colons ).
>
> As root:
>
> usermod -G <list of groups> bmike1
>
> Replace '<list of groups>' with the groups you found with the grep comman=
d.
> Then need to be seperated by commas and NO spaces.
>
> Once you've done that run the grep again. You should be bmike1 listed for
> each of the groups as well. If it is log out, then login again to get the
> new permissions to take effect.
>
> cioa,
>
> der.hans