You might try ezppp. Works quite well for me.
Mike
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 7:06 AM
> To: Steve Cohen; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: what does Redhat have against kppp?
>
> >From: Steve Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >For root, kppp in the default setup maps to /usr/sbin/kppp. However,
> >for non-root users the system finds
> >/usr/bin/kppp which is a symbolic link to something called
> >/usr/bin/consolehelper which demands to know the root password. No
> >thanks, I don't want to have to type in the root password just to start
> >kppp.
> [snip]
> >So I decided that the easiest thing to do would be to make a new
> >/usr/bin/kppp that is a symbolic link directly to
> >/usr/sbin/kppp. This works, sort of but when I try to invoke it, it
> >tells me that it can't find the interface ppp0.
> >I'm stymied here. I have got the system set up to allow non-root users
> >to access my ppp0 interface. And Gnome/RP3
> >have no trouble finding ppp0.
>
> What Red Hat have done is try and create a generic way of configuring
> dial-up accounts (and other network interfaces) that will work with
> rp3, kppp and that any other tool could be adapted to use. To this end,
> they've modified the kppp set up slightly.
>
> It's a good idea but I can't see any documentation for it anywhere (this
> approach is so intrinsically Red Hat that I no longer expect anything
> else).
>
> The Red Hat ppp setup uses configuration scripts that are placed in
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts (from memory). You can spot them
> because they end in the name of the interface.
>
> The reason kppp is asking users for the root password, I think, is
> because these interface scripts have not been set up on your PC and
> should be before kppp (or rp3) will work properly. To do this requires
> the root password (to run su).
>
> It's actually quite a good idea - the whole setup is intended to alter as
> little as possible in the /etc/ppp config files and thus make it easy to
> configure multiple accounts as well as not bollux the operation of
> independently installed tools.
>
> I can see why you are angry though - none of it is documented AFAIK. On
> top
> of that, the default of naming the setups ppp0, ppp1 etc can add to the
> confusion because they don't have any direct relevance to the devices
> /dev/ppp0,
> /dev/ppp1 etc. On a typical machine you would find yourself running the
> Red Hat
> ppp1 account over /dev/ppp0. This provides much scope for confustion over
> error
> messages, logs and so on.
>
> Oh, and I found myself with the Red Hat Dial-up Wizard running and
> cancelled it on
> principle. After that, running the PPP config tool it crashes every time.
> So that
> also needs looking into.
>
> I'm going to try and document this myself, and add some tips for
> writing/rewriting
> your own home-grown ppp scripts to cohabit with rp3.
>
> >By the way, I really don't mind Gnome either (although this is the first
> >I've used it.) But one thing I really can't stand is that the when you
> >invoke the Gnome terminal program you have to then click into it instead
> >of its being given keyboard focus (like every other gui app). Is there
> >a workaround for this bug?
>
> It's not a bug, it's a configuration default for Enlightenment. Run the
> Enlightenment config tool (from the Gnome Control Panel or by
> right-clicking
> on the desktop and selecting I can't remember which option) and you'll
> find
> a section where you can choose between Click-to-focus (default), Sloppy
> Focus
> (my personal preference) or Mouse-follows-focus.
>
> Enlightenment isn't the only one to do it this way. WindowMaker is the
> same
> and has hidden messages in it saying rude things about those of us who
> prefer
> the more X-like way of doing ti.
>
> --
>
> Bruce
>
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