When I installed Red Hat 8.0 I used the Control Center to set-up my dial-up [USR 5610B] modem.

My problem is, I still have to go through the Control Center to activate the modem. I get a window that says.

"Attempting to run kppp - requires administrative privileges."
Here I have to enter the root password.

I am looking for an easier way [icon on desktop] to activate the modem.

Any suggestions ???

I went and dug this up it might help you use kppp without superuser password

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 22:01:02 -0600, TC typed:

> Under RH9, every time I try to start up KPPP in my user account, it
> requires me to enter the root password to run. What's the secret to
> getting it to run without this intermediate step?
>
> I've checked the permissions of the KPPP link and it appears to give
> users execute permission. I also found in the KPPP help files something
> about an /etc/KPPP.allow file; however, that did nothing to help either.

As root edit /etc/pam.d/kppp and change the line that reads;

auth sufficient pam_rootok.so

to read;

auth sufficient pam_permit.so

Save and exit the file.

Thanks boow,

I'll give it a try.