KPPP permissions

[firstc520]

ok here is my delemia....whenever i tell kppp to launch it asks for the root password. how do i make it so that i am allowed to connect out to the internet w/o having put in the root password.


Please help!

Thanks

[jdc]

Log in as root and then open a Terminal and type chmod a+s /usr/bin/kppp (if your kppp is in a different directory then use the path that points to where it is located). This method should allow any user to connect with kppp.

[vinu]

JDC, shouldn't it be "chmod a+s usr/sbin/kppp" instead of "chmod a+s /usr/bin/kppp"?

[metalyric]

Originally posted by vinu
JDC, shouldn't it be "chmod a+s usr/sbin/kppp" instead of "chmod a+s /usr/bin/kppp"?

yes, /usr/bin/kppp is just the symbolic link for /usr/sbin/kppp. one should change chmod for the real binary file, not for the sym link.

[ddnev]

Don't you also have to delete and recreate the kppp symlink in /usr/bin ?

[nyc10036]

I have RH8, so take this with grain of salt.

Per a tip I read on the internet, I edited the file /etc/pam.d/kppp and changed 'required' to 'sufficient' in the line that had /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth

that did NOT work

then I read another tip on the Internet which suggested adding
auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_console.so

that did WORK

[Saketram]

If we add "auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_console.so" into the file "/etc/pam.d/kppp" in order to any user use kppp, will it leads to any SECURITY PROBLEM??