Re: RH80: dial-up with kppp without root password

[Alan Peery <peery io com>]

Aad Rijnberg wrote:

> For dial-up networking I use kppp. I want to start it from the KDE-panel
> without having to type the root-password all the time. I use Redhat 8.0.
> I have examined 2 different solutions:
>
> 1) change PAM-authentication configuration file for kppp
> 2) create a group that is allowed to use kppp (e.g. 'dialout')...
I just use /sbin/ifup ppp0 or /sbin/ifup <name_of_dialup_connection).

It lacks the fancy GUI, so use the Gnome panel to add a Launcher, and 
the "Modem Lights".  The tricky bit is figuring out how to make sure 
theese appear on each user's desktop by default.

Alan

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