[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > 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
>
Don't forget the /etc/permissions file which contains the settings YaST
consults everytime it closes down. If you want YaST to set a file to a
specific permission then set it in the permissions file.
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JLK
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right.
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