[101215] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Dialup connection using KDE's kppd
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Kaplan)
Wed Nov 25 08:13:11 1998
From: Paul Kaplan <pkapla19@idt.net>
Reply-To: pkapla19@idt.net
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:07:47 -0500
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As root, go to /usr/sbin/kppd in kfm, right click, select properties and setuid
bit.
Should work fine as a user thereafter.
Paul
On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Kent R. Frazier wrote:
>I have sent a subscription request to a couple of KDE's lists but I haven't
>received confirmation yet, so I am hoping that someone on this list will
>answer my question.
>
>I am able to connect to my ISP using kppd from root but when I try to
>connect from my own account I get the following error:
>
>The pppd daemon died unexpectedly!
>
>This occurs just after the debug log shows that the connection was made.
>
>How can I set this up users (my wife and I) can connect without being root?
>(I really don't want to give my wife root access to my system.
>
>Thanks
>
>
>
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