Bug 11734 – KPPP can't start if user is not root

Bug 11734 - KPPP can't start if user is not root

Summary:	KPPP can't start if user is not root

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	kdenetwork (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.2
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Nalin Dahyabhai
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Reported:	2000-05-29 13:15 EDT by Alen Rusin
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2000-07-03 05:13:03 EDT
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Description Alen Rusin 2000-05-29 13:15:12 EDT

I'm using Red Hat Linux 6.2 and KDE. I installed KPPP and it's running
without problems when I'm logged in as root. However, when I log under any
other username and run KPPP, I get prompt to enter root password. Whatever
I do, enter this password or not, nothing happens: I can't get Connect
dialog, and I'm not getting any error message.

Why it's happening? What I have to do to enable ppp access to ordinary
users and to avoid root password entering at the beginning?

Comment 1 Alen Rusin 2000-05-30 10:21:59 EDT

May 30, 2000
I managed to invoke kppp by changing /etc/security/console.apps/kppp text file.
I changed this line:

session=false

to true and after that non-root users was able to get input for root password.
To get rid of input dialog you should try

rm /usr/bin/kppp
chmod u+s /usr/sbin/kppp
ln -s /usr/sbin/kppp usr/bin/kppp

Alen

Comment 2 Nalin Dahyabhai 2000-07-03 05:13:01 EDT

Reassigning to kdenetwork component.

Comment 3 Ngo Than 2000-09-15 09:38:14 EDT

It's fixed in Red Hat 7.0

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