kppp problem

[Bob Raymond]

On Sun, 2002-09-22 at 10:13, Iraj Medifar wrote:
> Hi everyone:
> 
> I have installed RH 7.1 and KDE on a Compaq Presario 1200 laptop. During 
> installation, I decided not install Gnome, because I don?t often use it. 
> Everything in the system works perfectly, except one little problem. I can 
> run kppp only as root. I have edited /etc/kppp/options to remove lock. I have 
> also set proper permissions in /usr/bin/kppp. These steps haven?t helped. 
> What else needs to be done? Could someone please help me out?
> 
> Many thanks in advance.

/usr/sbin/pppd also needs a chmod +s applied to it.  I don't know how
Redhat does groups, but I know with Gentoo, I also needed to make myself
a member of the group "dialout."