Re: [LI] kppp and root password

[Rajesh Fowkar <rfowkar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Binand,

The file /usr/bin/kppp is a symbolic link to /usr/bin/consolehelper.

I tried chmod u+s on /usr/bin/kppp but it does not work since it's a symbolic
link. I then made /usr/bin/consolehelper chmod u+s but even after this kppp
asks me for the root password.

Is there anything else to be done ?

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On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote:

> This is because you cannot read from and write to the serial port unless
> you have superuser privileges. Install kppp with the setuid bit set to
> root ans it should be ok.
> 
> chmod u+s $(which kppp)
> 
> should work (in bash, as root).
> 
> Binand

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