[newbie] Running kppp as root- is it a problem?

[PBone]

I used to run kppp as a user to access my dial-up modem without any problems. 
After installing a LAN card I found that I when I ran kppp as user the 
connection would be made but the browser and email would not work. Mandrake 
control centre insisted that I was not connected to the internet. I worked 
around the problem by creating a new profile and using Mandrake control 
centre to access the internet. The only problem now is that kppp runs as 
root.
1. Is this a security problem
2. How can I go back to using kppp as user?
 


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Re: [newbie] Running kppp as root- is it a problem?

[Derek Jennings]

On Wednesday 20 Nov 2002 7:29 pm, PBone wrote:
 I used to run kppp as a user to access my dial-up modem without any
 problems. After installing a LAN card I found that I when I ran kppp as
 user the connection would be made but the browser and email would not work.
 Mandrake control centre insisted that I was not connected to the internet.
 I worked around the problem by creating a new profile and using Mandrake
 control centre to access the internet. The only problem now is that kppp
 runs as root.
 1. Is this a security problem
 2. How can I go back to using kppp as user?

I cannot tell you how to run kpp as a user. But I can tell you how to run the 
Mandrake Dialler net_monitor as a user as described here.
http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/dialup.html


derek


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