Am Freitag, 26. März 2004 14:39 schrieb Jeff Vian: > Parameshwara Bhat wrote: > > Hello Friends, > > > > I recently posted a mail asking if anybody could guide me as to how to > > share 'kppp' in fedora core1 with non-root users.It is a home PC > > shared by members of the family.I would not share root password for > > fear of ignorant actions affecting security/stability of > > system.Presently any non-root user has to supply root password to > > connect(dial up ) to ISP. > > > > I have followed all actions suggested by Scott Burns and Stone Beat > > but that has not solved the isuue.Basically what I did was to SUID on > > /usr/sbin/kppp and edit /etc/pam.d/kppp to comment out a line.Nothing > > has worked. Just make /usr/sbin/kpp executable for everyone - or for a "dialout"-group and become a member of it. Then type: ln -sf /usr/sbin/kppp kppp As the link in /usr/bin originaly points to /usr/bin/consolehelper which makes kppp use pam authentification. All this you have to do as root, of course. Ciao, Patrice
