[plug] Kppp

[alan howard]

On Wed, 09 Aug 2000, Chris Norwood wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have just installed RedHat 6.2 onto a duel boot Windows98 system.  Yesterday I finally worked out how to set my modem up in KDE while logged as root.  It works fine.  However I am unable to get kppp to run as a normal user.  When I try to run Kppp I receive a dialog box asking for Root's password.  Entering the password does nothing.
> 
> I have disabled the lock in
> 
> /etc/ppp/options
> #lock
> 
> The other thing I have looked at is the kppp.allow file, which doesn't exist.  
> Do I need to make this file manually and insert my username?  
> Or do I just need to make another account on Kppp for my user account while logged on as root?
> 
> Any simple instructions or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I am very green :-).
> 
> Chris Norwood
> 

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check that SUID is on, also read the help file as theres a bit in there about
misbehaving kppp on some red hat disributions.

ps please use standard fonts and no HTML. tar

alan howard