> After compiling an rebooting the new Kernel 2.2.13 I tried to get
> online with KPPP 1.6.2 (the PPP-Dialer of KDE)
> Unfortunately this program told me at startup of my running a
> kernel without PPP support. After killing the two lines
This is a bug in KPPP
> if(!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
> return -EPERM;
>
> in the function ppp_tty_open my PPP-Connection has been working
> like always. So, can anybody explain me now, what�s wrong with
> th patching code or with my system?
Those two lines fix a security hole. KPPP accidentally happened to rely
on it. You should update your KPPP as well
Alan
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