I'm trying to set kppp so that it can be used to create a dialup connection by any user. I read the kppp guide, and I'm using kpp ver 2.1.1. according to the guide, when kppp first launches it looks for the file /etc/kppp.allow and checks to see what users are listed there... I created that file, listed my users by user name, gave it permissions as:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root

however, when run by anyone but root it wants the su- password before it will load and let the user dial up.

Is there a better way to accomplish this, or am I missing something?

Thanks
Eric

I've also tried placing the kppp file into a group and giving that group read and execute permissions, although I may have done this wrong because it didn't work.

Is this the file that loads kppp to the desktop?

/usr/share/applications/kde-kpppload.desktop

and if so, will changing it's ownership to the group (is that even possible?) or changing the permissions of that file do it?

The Official Redhat Linux Users Guide sucks, BTW.

help ....

Eric

delete /etc/kppp.allow, it will make one for you. put everything back where it was. at root prompt: cd /dev , then chmod 666 ttyS0 <or whatever port your using>. make a symlink ln -s ttyS0 modem, cd to /udr/sbin <or wherever pppd lives on a RH box> and chmod 6755 pppd, remove the lock option from /etc/ppp/options, then chmod 777 /var/lock , launch kppp, fill in the info and your done.

So much to learn! Nothing like starting something new to let one know how completely inept he is... and I am living it!

Thanks for the detailed instructions, I did all that without a problem, but it still asks for the root password anytime a user tries to run kppp. I went back and checked to make sure that all the chmod commands were successful by doing an ls -l on each of those files, and the permissions were changed.

At the risk of running out my welcome ... Anything else?

Thanks

Eric
"Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die."

grrr.... now i remember why i don't use kppp anymore.

Edit the file /etc/pam.d/kppp and change the word rootok to permit.

All you have to do is
as root
chmod u+s /sbin/kppp
ln -s /usr/sbin/kppp /usr/bin/kppp

Quick question, though...

I did it the way rshaw told me to do it and it works fine now. (Thanks rshaw!!)

Is there some benefit or drawback to doing it one way versus the other? Security?

Thanks guys.

Eric
"Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die."