> From: "Mac Q. Flores IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> Then there's the issue of why YaST needs to change permissions to kppp,
> pppd and delete the resolv.conf file everytime you run it w/c results in a
> "user" not being able to do dial-outs. Isn't this rather strange
> considering that it is always impressed upon users not to run as "root"
> except when necessary?

User doesn't need to run as root, just be a member of the appropriate group.
I think it is called "uucp" or "dialout".  My trusted real users are in both
as I don't know which one I need!  They can run "suseppp/ppp-up" with no
problem.

diald is a different story.

dproc

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