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Old 10-17-2003, 01:16 PM   #1
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Kppp help for regular accounts


Ok. I have recently installed RedHat 9 and everything works fine. However kppp dialer can only be invoked by using my root account. If I switch to a regular user account kppp asks me to switch to root.

I've tried playing with permissions but I am not sure what file's permission to change. Should that be of the kppp file so to give access to the regular account ?

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Old 10-17-2003, 01:36 PM   #2
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Look under 8.0 Tips and Tricks. Same applies to 9.0 for kppp

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Old 10-17-2003, 01:37 PM   #3
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before someone posts telling you to modify a bunch of permissions on kppp/ppp/dev/ttysx,and other outdated info, just change one thing. Change the following line in the file /etc/pam.d/kppp from:
auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_rootok.so
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auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_permit.so
 
Old 10-17-2003, 02:42 PM   #4
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ok I did it and it works. Does it mean that the user account has permission to use kppp or any other regular account ?

Thanks a lot
 
Old 10-17-2003, 04:55 PM   #5
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Which one worked. I know the one I posted works, cause it worked for me. Or was it the /etc/pam one that worked? Besides, you have to tell us, does it now work for your non root users?

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Old 10-18-2003, 03:36 AM   #6
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Sorry about the ambiguity.

I applied the /pam method and it worked.
So back to the question. Does it mean that the user account has permission to use kppp or any other regular account too?


Thanks
 
Old 10-18-2003, 05:15 AM   #7
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Ok the Kppp works using a regular account.
However when using a regular acccount the modem is not detected. gggrrrr....even though it is detected when using the root account. Any help ?

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Old 10-18-2003, 07:33 AM   #8
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can it detect a modem on the actual port /dev/ttysx, sometimes the /dev/modem symlink is pointing to the wrong port.
 
Old 10-18-2003, 10:07 AM   #9
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Ok. I did check the symlinks. Those were ok.

I got it working though. The problem was that I the modem is not automatically loaded upon startup. Therefore I have to load it first as root and then use it in other accounts.

I guess I should look into scripts to load the modem automaticaly on startup.

Thanks for the help. Really appreciate it.
 
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Add the command that loads the modem to the end of /etc/rc.local. This is the last script executed at startup.

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