Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: > > can anyone tell me > > how to run kppp as non root? > > If you start it as non-root, it should bring up a dialog box asking you > for the root password, and then start normally... > Please let me know if this isn't working for you. It isn't working...maybe 'cause I use KDE2 ? I don't know. But it isn't asking for the root pw. It isn't even getting started....So, I created a group dialout (look the kppphelp), changed own for every file around kppp to root.dialout. And it didn't work. Then I set /usr/bin/kppp the SUID-bit and everything is fine. Do I really have to run it SUID? > If you want to permit users to use kppp without knowing the root password, > do the following as root: > rm /usr/bin/kppp > mv /usr/sbin/kppp /usr/bin > chmod 4755 /usr/bin/kppp I will try this one, too. But chmod +s ...? Thank U, Torsten _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list