kppp problem

[Iraj Medifar]

On Sunday 22 September 2002 02:58 am, you wrote:
> 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."
>
Tried it. It does'nt work in RH. AS Net Llama points out, kppp is set up this 
way is RH and there is no workaround. 

Thanks for your tip anyway!

IM 





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