RE: kppp

[Phil Greenwood <phil pcc com>]

I had this same problem....but it was a while ago and I barely remember
how to fix it.

One thing that came to mind is in /etc/pam.d there is a file kppp. In
there I have this on my machine:


#%PAM-1.0
auth       sufficient   /lib/security/pam_rootok.so
auth       required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so
session    optional     /lib/security/pam_xauth.so
account    required     /lib/security/pam_permit.so


If I remember right, I changed one of these lines (but which I dunno).
Can you compare these to what you have on your machine? This might help.

Phil


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


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