On 7. December 2003 at 10:52PM +0100, Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> csj (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > On 7. December 2003 at 1:32PM -0500, > > Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > > [...] > > > >>> I hardly think it necessary to install the Mega-size KDE > >>> libs to use kppp, but what is the reason pon/poff won't do? > >>> Although admittedly that is no solution to your problem ;-) > >>> > >> I used to have this exact same problem on my machine (except > >> with /dev/ttyLT0, since it is a Lucent winmodem). But I don't > >> know that there is a solution. Especially since I think that > >> kppp would need to be suid root (not a good idea) to get past > >> this problem. > > > > I've always wondered why it should require root-level access (or > > its equivalent in the case of kppp) to set even the "safer" > > config options in ppp and friends, e.g. the dialup number and > > login password. Couldn't there be a ppp group so that even > > Friend X, sharing the dorm computer, could log-in to the ISP of > > his choice without waking up the admin? > > You can of course use predefined connections with pon/poff if > you are in the dip group, and you can create your own ones for > use with kppp /without/ kppp being suid root, if you are in the > dialout group. It's the "predefined" part that's the problem. Let's say I'm on vacation and my friend borrows my computer. He reads about a promo from Dirt-Cheap-ISP and decides to subscribe. How is he going to enter his login details, without going root, to connect to Dirt-Cheap-ISP? It seems his only choice is kppp, which needs to be suid root to make it user configurable. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]