Dear Michael,
I have used wvdial - unwittingly though - through WEBMIN. There it works ,but when I issue command it can't open modem even after I suided /usr/bin/wvdial ( Is it necessary to set suid when ownership is changed to 'dialout' group comprising users and root ? )
But disadvantage is lack of GUI though webmin provides it somewhat.And other members of my family are already cursing me for having dispensed with Windows 98 which was so friendly !
Thanks,
Parameshwara Bhat
On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 22:56:39 -0800, Michael A. Peters <mpeters@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi. Ditch use of kppp and use wvdial - you can use a suid perl script to launch wvdial on demand, or you can start wvdial from /etc/rc.local (in which case it will dial when you boot)
Whenever I use dialup - I just start wvdial at system boot - but if your phone line isn't dedicated, then an suid root script to call wvdial is needed (I suppose you could just suid root the wvdial binary too)
On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 12:22 +0530, 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.
Are there any more ideas on what could be or what should be done ?
Coming from MSWindows environement,I would think security being so tight
as not allow non-root users of desktop an internet connection very crazy.
I chose Power Desktop Installation and a decent user-oriented installation
should have set this automatically . Is Linux not to be used on desktops
and layman users?
Parameshwara Bhat
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