Hi All, I'm wondering about something that seems a bit odd. I've setup a CentOS 4 box for a client that is "still" using dial-up and to activate the connection appears to require root privileges. Why is this? The reason Linux was loaded on this box was to provide a very functional box that could be easily locked down so when the cat was away the mice couldn't play, however, if the mice need root access to activate the dial-up connection this really defeats the purpose. Whats up with Kppp needing root access? thanks, Mark
if that's a server why use GUI? anyway there's a console base dialer(wvdial) that you can use to dial on bootup On 5/18/05, Mark Weaver <mdw1982 at mdw1982.com> wrote:> Hi All, > > I'm wondering about something that seems a bit odd. I've setup a CentOS > 4 box for a client that is "still" using dial-up and to activate the > connection appears to require root privileges. Why is this? > > The reason Linux was loaded on this box was to provide a very functional > box that could be easily locked down so when the cat was away the mice > couldn't play, however, if the mice need root access to activate the > dial-up connection this really defeats the purpose. > > Whats up with Kppp needing root access? > > thanks, > > Mark > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-- Regards, Mark Quitoriano, CCNA http://www.atamanetworks.com
On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 08:10 -0400, Mark Weaver wrote:> Hi All, > > I'm wondering about something that seems a bit odd. I've setup a CentOS > 4 box for a client that is "still" using dial-up and to activate the > connection appears to require root privileges. Why is this? > > The reason Linux was loaded on this box was to provide a very functional > box that could be easily locked down so when the cat was away the mice > couldn't play, however, if the mice need root access to activate the > dial-up connection this really defeats the purpose. > > Whats up with Kppp needing root access? > > thanks, > > MarkKPPP has required a root password forever :) I don't know if this works, but here it is: http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/3759 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050518/faacc648/attachment-0004.sig>
On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 08:10 -0400, Mark Weaver wrote:> Hi All, > > I'm wondering about something that seems a bit odd. I've setup a CentOS > 4 box for a client that is "still" using dial-up and to activate the > connection appears to require root privileges. Why is this? > > The reason Linux was loaded on this box was to provide a very functional > box that could be easily locked down so when the cat was away the mice > couldn't play, however, if the mice need root access to activate the > dial-up connection this really defeats the purpose. > > Whats up with Kppp needing root access? > > thanks, > > MarkIt seems that modifying the file /etc/resolv.conf is the reason for requiring root. If your ISP has the same DNS servers every connect, you can manually set /etc/resolv.conf ... otherwise, you will need to make that file up- datable by the people who are going to login via KPPP http://gershwin.ens.fr/vdaniel/Doc-Locale/Outils-Gnu-Linux/Kde/kppp/kppp-7.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050518/97eaeb9c/attachment-0004.sig>
hmmm.. u can also do sudo for kppp On 5/18/05, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com> wrote:> On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 08:10 -0400, Mark Weaver wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I'm wondering about something that seems a bit odd. I've setup a CentOS > > 4 box for a client that is "still" using dial-up and to activate the > > connection appears to require root privileges. Why is this? > > > > The reason Linux was loaded on this box was to provide a very functional > > box that could be easily locked down so when the cat was away the mice > > couldn't play, however, if the mice need root access to activate the > > dial-up connection this really defeats the purpose. > > > > Whats up with Kppp needing root access? > > > > thanks, > > > > Mark > > It seems that modifying the file /etc/resolv.conf is the reason for > requiring root. > > If your ISP has the same DNS servers every connect, you can manually > set /etc/resolv.conf ... otherwise, you will need to make that file up- > datable by the people who are going to login via KPPP > > http://gershwin.ens.fr/vdaniel/Doc-Locale/Outils-Gnu-Linux/Kde/kppp/kppp-7.html > > > BodyID:161465637.2.n.logpart (stored separately) > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > >-- Regards, Mark Quitoriano, CCNA http://www.atamanetworks.com