How to share kppp with all non-root users

StoneBeat stonebeat at ya.com
Mon Mar 22 11:09:45 UTC 2004


In  /etc/pam.d/ edit "kppp" and delete:

auth  required        pam_stack.so service=system-auth

El Lunes 22 Marzo 2004 07:01, Parameshwara Bhat escribió:
> Hi List,
>
> I recently installed Fedora Core1.I am a migrant from MS Windows
> fascinated by the ideology of free software
>
> My box is for home use with other family members sharing it.Each has a
> user account.Each needs to connect to Internet.But Kppp doesn't allow any
> non-root users to launch it without providing root password.
>
> I tried creating a dialout group and putting all users in that group along
> with the root as suggested by the Kppp manual.Now
> /usr/bin/consolehelper,/usr/bin/kppp>consolehelper link,usr/sbin/kppp all
> are groupowned by dialout group.This didn't work.I tried putting pppd also
> on this owner-group.Still it doesn't work,not only that I cannot run kppp
> now - unlike earlier - without expressly specifying  'run as root'.
>
> Can anybody suggest me ways to share kppp without requiring to provide
> root password.
>
> Thanx all,
>
> Parameshwara Bhat
>
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