Bug 3943

Summary:	Kppp does not work as non-root
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Brian Ryner <bryner>
Component:	kdenetwork	Assignee:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description Brian Ryner 1999-07-08 04:35:02 UTC

In order for kppp to run correctly as a user other than
root, it needs to be setuid root.  I don't know of any
security problems with doing this-- doing a 'make install'
from source makes it setuid root, and it's also that way in
the official KDE packages for RH52.

Comment 1 Preston Brown 1999-07-08 17:11:59 UTC

KPPP has not been through a security audit.  We do not ship SUID
non-security audited programs.

You may set it SUID at your own risk.