change permission
I want to connect to the internet as a normal user, not as root.
I just couldn't manage to do that, I must be doing something wrong. Starting kppp as normal user an error message pops up: ... make sure root has the ownership and that the SUID bit is set. How do I give a normal user the permission to use kppp? |
What is the output of
ls -l `which kppp` ? Cheers, Tink |
There's a good description of the SUID bit right here on LinuxQuestions.org.
To summarise for your situation; you should execute (as root): Code:
# chown root `which kppp` |
Here is the output of ls -l `which kppp`:
linux:~ # ls -l `which kppp` -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 802852 Oct 5 2004 /opt/kde3/bin/kppp what I found interesting is that changing permissions by right clicking on kppp icon and selecting properties>permissions and changing them the "-rwxrwxrwx" doesn't change. Is that normal? Quote:
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Dtsazza,
The code solved the thing, I managed to connect with it as normal user, great! Sorry for bothering the forum with such basic things, I'm a downright newbie but linux is getting to be my new obsession, I can't resist asking for help whenever i have a problem. Also thx for the link to the description of the SUID bit even though I can't understand a "bit" of it yet hahaha :) Thanks again, you guys give folks like me a lot of confidence and strength to explore linux and call ourselves linux users.. almalaci Quote:
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If you weren't changing them as root that would be normal,
yes. And the chmod u+s `which kppp` should indeed solve your problem ... :} Cheers, Tink |
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