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[LUG] Dial-up using kppp
At the moment I am using the redhat-config-network to control my dial-up
connection. I want to use kppp to keep track of the amount of time I
spend online (too much IRCing recently). I tried running the kppp
program from the Red Hat menu but it requires me to be root to connect.
What can I do to allow normal users to activate the dial-up connection
and monitor the time?
Here are the current permissions on the files:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$ whereis kppp
kppp: /usr/bin/kppp /usr/sbin/kppp
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$ ls -l /usr/bin | grep
'kppp'
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jul 27 23:09 kppp ->
consolehelper
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 96804 Feb 24 2003
kppplogview
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$ ls -l /usr/sbin | grep
'kppp'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 547196 Feb 24 2003
kppp
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Does anyone else use kppp?
Do any of these files need permissions changed?
Are there any problems/security issues related with changing the
permissions on these files?
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