[Wart] Setting up network to access Internet - Newbie - Linz

[Lindsay]

Thanks.  I've forwarded it to John

On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 09:58 +0100, Neil Woolford wrote:
> At 23:42 09/04/05, you wrote:
> 
> >I questions from a friend that I am not at a stage to answer yet - both
> >newies.
> >
> >-------- Forwarded Message --------
> > > From: John Durham <john.modec at xtra.co.nz>
> >
> > > Well, after all the setup process, it appears to work (except for 1
> > > thing. The network connection to the internet cannot be configured
> > > because apparently my one user account does not have admin privileges.
> > > Do I need to re-install, or is there some other way the get the system
> > > to set up its network?
> > >
> 
> I think part of the problem is a little glitch in Warty, there are *two* 
> ways to set
> up networking and internet connections.
> 
> John may be trying to use Applications > System Tools > Network Tools.  This
> has many useful tools, but the 'Configure' option on the Device Tab is 
> effectively
> disabled, as it asks for an administrator (root) password, which isn't set 
> on a
> default Ubuntu system.
> 
> Instead, he needs to try Computer > System Configuration > Networking.  This
> works in the normal Ubuntu manner of permitting the first user (or others with
> suitable levels of privilege) to enter their own password and use the tools.
> 
> Neil
> 
> (Unfortunately there is a caveat;  setting up modem (ppp) connections with this
> tool doesn't work well for many people, myself included.  If John wants to 
> set up
> a modem, he may well do better running 'sudo pppconfig' in a terminal.  Not
> graphical, but can work well when used with the 'Modem Lights' Gnome applet to
> control dialup.) 
> 
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