I have a Lucid Ubuntu installed on my home PC with two user accounts, AmHero and simple. I would like to have all internet access disabled when my kids login with the 'simple' userid. And yes, internet should work when I login using AmHero. I tried this:
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..but this does not work and gives some errors on the terminal.
I can paste the errors, though I am not sure this will even work as I found this in an old post.
I'm trying to disable multiple logins for a single user on Ubuntu 10.10 but I haven't been able to find a way to do this on this version
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that is in /etc/group
audio:x:29:bela
plugdev:x:46:bela,geol
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linuxA:eth0(10.1.1.1) connected linuxB:eth0 (10.1.1.2)
linuxA:eth1(202.1.20.45) connected internet
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On passing the routing command I get
Destination Gateway Iface
196.44.x.y 0.0.0.0 ppp0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 eth2 (my subnet)
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menu 2.1.43ubuntu1
libc-bin 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.5
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initramfs-tools 0.92bubuntu78
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I have a good question. I have a friend that lives in an area where he cannot receive DSL or Cable internet. He has a phone line, and physically able to get DSL, but the company won't give him service. He has Verizon wireless, but the reception is bad and his service gets dropped too much.
I however, have DSL 3.0Mbps and want to know how I could get him a DSL modem to dial up to my server at my house and receive internet. I know that I would probably need two phone lines to do this, but apart from that.
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I have been using ubuntu for more than 3 months now . I was wondering if could use LAN and Internet simultaneously in windows, why that should not work in ubuntu? I tried as much as I could, searched different forum and thought there is no way I can get around with it until recently I found a solution in a forum. For your information I use ppoe for connecting to Internet.
The solution was as simple as running this simple command sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.x.x netmask 255.x.x.xI have replaced those x with my desired number. It worked like a charm! Now I could browse LAN shares and Internet simultaneously! How to do it and forget it? I mean I don't want to do it every time I dial my connection.