Re: [LI] kppp and root password

[lvgandhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

"Binand Raj S." wrote:
> 
> Rajesh Fowkar forced the electrons to say:
> > Hi Binand,
> >
> > The file /usr/bin/kppp is a symbolic link to /usr/bin/consolehelper.
> 
> You sure of this? Here is the scene from my RHL 6.0 system:
> 
> Script started on Sat Dec  4 11:55:01 1999
> binand@jediland[~] ls -li $(which consolehelper)
>   64963 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        17616 Apr 12  1999 /usr/bin/consolehelper
> binand@jediland[~] ls -li $(which kppp)
>   64302 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       365660 Apr 12  1999 /usr/bin/kppp
> binand@jediland[~] exit
> 
> Script done on Sat Dec  4 11:55:22 1999
> 
> As you can see, there are no symlinks or hardlinks from one program to the
> other.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> I am sure you are mistaken somewhere, please check once again. Also, the
> details above are from RHL 6.0, YMMV.

I also had the same problem with kppp as user in RH6.1. But in RH 6.0,
no such problem of asking for root password by kppp in RH6.1
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