On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 12:26:23AM -0300, Mariano Draghi wrote: > Hi, > I'm switching from KDE to Gnome (under FC1), and I'd like to know which > is the proper way to configure my dial-up connections. > After Googling for a while looking for suggestions, I ended up using > 'wvdial' from a command line, and I really *don't* like it that way. > Despite the fact I rather use a GUI, there's something about the > permissions in between: I can't dial unless I 'sudo' wvdial (is that > correct?). I found a forum where they suggested that chmoding +s wvidal > and pppd, and changing the permissions in the device will do the trick. > But it didn't work for me, and I'm not sure how can that could affect > the security. > > I tried to use the "modem_lights" applet, but this ifup / ifdown default > thing doesn't work. I tried to replace it with wvdial using the > preferences, but then again it fails (I suppose because of the > permissions). Apart from that, I have several ISP accounts, and that > applet won't let me choose which one to use. > > So, my question is, which is the default, common, secure, painless, > friendly way to make a dial-up connection in Gnome, if any? > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Mariano kppp will work in Gnome as well as KDE. No difference in configuration that I know of. If you want to do it as a non-root user call /usr/sbin/kppp not /usr/bin/kppp and make pppd SUID root. Another way is using redhat-config-network. Set up a ppp network. Again as non-root user pppd, ifup and ifdown need to be SUID root. Call the as /sbin/ifup and /sbin/ifdown if /sbin is not in your users path. Also change the lock files name to: LCK..ttyS0 (or ttyS1). Set the colors and you are all set. If you have nay problem mail me or the list again. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
