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Re: kppp not accessible to user

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Subject: Re: kppp not accessible to user
From: "Binand Raj S." <binand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 11:58:23 +051800
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TPD forced the electrons to say:
> Hi, 
>     Kppp, in RH 6.1 from PCQ, works only for root 
> and not for user,  inspite setting uid to root..
> Can somebody please help?
> tpd.

This is because /usr/bin/kppp is not the one a normal user should run. You
should set uid root /usr/sbin/kppp and use that one to dial out.

Another method is to tweak with PAM configuration.

There was a thread on this on Linux-India. A search of the archives will tell
you the reasons for this.

Binand
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