Re: Kppp only works for root

[Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum lintux cx>]

On Sun, 21 May 2000, Pastor Robert Cox wrote:

> Help please. I know permissions are involved but can't find the thing
> to change... already tried many...
> 
> I upgraded from RH 6.1 to RH 6.2 and all went well except in order to
> get the dialer to open I have to use a terminal and su as root, then it
> opens right away when I call "kppp". Thus, the icon won't let it open...


AFAIK kpp requires the SU bit set to work....

Please try executing "chmod 4755 `which kppp`  " (without the quotes) and
the suid bit should be set..

Grendel

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