Need to check if user is root on running netcfg prior to trying to read /etc/ppp/pap-secrets to avoid traceback 1113 katzj@rivendell:~/projects/redhat> netcfg Red Hat Linux netcfg 2.31 Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Red Hat, Inc. Redistributable under the terms of the GNU General Public License Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/lib/rhs/netcfg/netcfg.py", line 1963, in ? win = WindowFrame(Toplevel()) File "/usr/lib/rhs/netcfg/netcfg.py", line 1931, in __init__ self.G = GV() File "/usr/lib/rhs/netcfg/netcfg.py", line 172, in __init__ self.PAP = ConfPAP() File "/usr/lib/rhs/python/Conf.py", line 1683, in __init__ Conf.__init__(self, '/etc/ppp/pap-secrets', '#', '\t ', '\t') File "/usr/lib/rhs/python/Conf.py", line 180, in __init__ self.read() File "/usr/lib/rhs/python/Conf.py", line 1685, in read Conf.read(self) File "/usr/lib/rhs/python/Conf.py", line 260, in read self.file = open(self.filename, 'r', -1) IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/ppp/pap-secrets'
This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Florence Release-Candidate #2
Should be resolved in netcfg-2.36-2 and later. Please reopen if you find that this is not the case.