Re: run kppp requires root privilege?

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 09:34:18AM -0500, Dennis Calhoun wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 11:00:17 -0700, you wrote:
> 
> >Jimmy Du wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> I was prompted for the root password when I ran kppp. 
> >> Does anyone have any suggestions fixing this?
> >
> >kppp requires root privileges because you're changing the network config
> >for the system.  You don't want just anyone doing that, do you?
> 
> That's true, if the computer in question is on a network, but my Linux
> box is currently "stand alone" and I too would like to be able to set
> *some* permission for my *own* regular user to be able to use kppp
> without having to enter the su password. My situation is that I have
> dial-up internet service only, no other network involved, yet.
> 
> Suggestions?
> 
> --
> Dennis C.

This was posted on 13 Mar 2003 by "Rokicki, Andrew":

I just tried it with KDE and get the same results as you did.
try this:
in /etc/security/console.apps/kppp
comment out USER=root

change
USER=root
to
#USER=root

Hope this helps.

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