Re: kppp

[Torsten Schroeer <Torsten_Schroeer med uni-heidelberg de>]

Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:

> > can anyone tell me
> > how to run kppp as non root?
>
> If you start it as non-root, it should bring up a dialog box asking you
> for the root password, and then start normally...
> Please let me know if this isn't working for you.

It isn't working...maybe 'cause I use KDE2 ? I don't know. But it isn't asking
for the root pw. It isn't even getting started....So, I created a group
dialout (look the kppphelp), changed own for every file around kppp to
root.dialout. And it didn't work. Then I set /usr/bin/kppp the SUID-bit and
everything is fine. Do I really have to run it SUID?

> If you want to permit users to use kppp without knowing the root password,
> do the following as root:
>         rm /usr/bin/kppp
>         mv /usr/sbin/kppp /usr/bin
>         chmod 4755 /usr/bin/kppp

I will try this one, too. But chmod +s ...?

Thank U, Torsten