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

[Neil Woolford]

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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