Bug 5467

Summary:	kdenetwork-1.1.2-4/kppp
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	gerald
Component:	kdenetwork	Assignee:	Preston Brown <pbrown>
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Description gerald 1999-10-01 14:40:21 UTC

kppp will not work for regular users unless root is
allowed to send a window to the display, i.e.,
I have to say "xhost +localhost" in order to start kppp.

I like the original kppp access restriction vie /etc/kppp
better.

Comment 1 Preston Brown 1999-10-05 19:46:59 UTC

making kppp suid root is a potential security hole, especially as one
can script programs to be started arbitrarily during the login phase.
'su' can be used to become root before starting kppp, or if you have
the latest pam and consolehelper packages, this should all be
automatic.