Re: [LUG] Dial-up using kppp

[Andrew Rogers <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gemma Peter wrote:

> 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
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>
> $ 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           
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>
> $ 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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You could try changing the permissions on consolehelper to

-rwsr-xr-x

On my system (Mandrake 8.2 with self-installed KDE3.0) I have:
[andrew@xxx andrew]$ ls -l /usr/bin/kppp
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           18 Aug 21  2002 /usr/bin/kppp -> 
/opt/kde3/bin/kppp*
[andrew@xxx andrew]$ ls -l /opt/kde3/bin/kppp
-rwsr-xr-x    1 root     root       508792 Apr  6  2002 /opt/kde3/bin/kppp*
[andrew@xxx andrew]$ ls -l /usr/sbin/kppp
ls: /usr/sbin/kppp: No such file or directory

HTH

Andrew


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