I tried setting up a new dialup account using kppp. I used one of the dialog and could not find my country from the list. It said something about upon clicking the 'cancel' button, i will be prompted with the other dialog so I could continue setting up but clicking cancel only closes the kppp config window. How do I reset kppp options ?

I remember on the first screen after clicking on one of the dialog choice, I had the "Do not show this again" box checked, I guess that's why I'm no longer prompted for the alternative setup dialog.

Thanx in advance

To reset

rm -rf ~/.kde/share/apps/kppp

RH9 defaults to requiring the root password to start kppp. If this is how you do it the do the above as root.

Well, I managed to get kppp up and running - truly a miracle - but I noticed that both the user and group permissions are set to root. This requires having to sign in as root when I want to connect as user plus I really don't want to be on the internet as root. I tried to find a GUI to change permissions but no luck. So just where do I change the permissions? And what permissions do you gurus suggest to launch a connection as user yet keep security high? I'm still really new to all this . . .

Don't change the permissions!

As root edit the file /etc/pam.d/kppp and change
rootok

to
permit

i assume you mean 'PAM_rootok.so' to 'PAM_permit.so'?

thats the only place i saw 'rootok'

I've been having the problem also.

Nathan

Yes that is it

Thanks. I'll give it a try in a bit.

Well, I changed this:

#%PAM-1.0
auth sufficient pam_rootok.so
auth sufficient pam_timestamp.so
auth required pam_stack.so service=system-auth
session optional pam_xauth.so
session optional pam_timestamp.so
account required pam_permit.so

to this:

#%PAM-1.0
auth sufficient pam_permitok.so
auth sufficient pam_timestamp.so
auth required pam_stack.so service=system-auth
session optional pam_xauth.so
session optional pam_timestamp.so
account required pam_permit.so

Yet I'm still being asked to login as root even after a reboot. What did I do incorrectly?

You changed
auth sufficient pam_rootok.so
to
auth sufficient pam_permitok.so

That's wrong. Change it to

auth sufficient pam_permit.so

Yeah, I figured that out not long after posting and probably should have added the correction to the thread myself. Everything is now up and running. Thanks for responding though - you had to go really far back to find this thread and that's dedication!

intotheunknown,

Thanks, I try to keep up with every thread where I have tried to help. I have just been offline for over a week so it took me some time to respond. Glad it's working for you.