fedora-list Digest, Vol 1, Issue 1394

[Jeff Vian]

Parameshwara Bhat wrote:

> Hello Friends,
>
> I recently posted a mail asking if anybody could guide me as to how to 
> share 'kppp' in fedora core1 with non-root users.It is a home PC 
> shared by members of the family.I would not share root password for 
> fear of ignorant actions affecting security/stability of 
> system.Presently any non-root user has to supply root password to 
> connect(dial up ) to ISP.
>
> I have followed all actions suggested by Scott Burns and Stone Beat 
> but that has not solved the isuue.Basically what I did was to SUID on 
> /usr/sbin/kppp and edit /etc/pam.d/kppp to comment out a line.Nothing 
> has worked.
>
> Are there any more ideas on what could be or what should be done ?

Add each of the users into the sudoers list, and provide the ability for 
them to connect/disconnect that way.  They then only need their own 
password.
man sudo,  man sudoers, man visudo

>
> Coming from MSWindows environement,I would think security being so 
> tight as not allow non-root users of desktop an internet connection 
> very crazy. I chose Power Desktop Installation and a decent 
> user-oriented installation should have set this automatically . Is 
> Linux not to be used on desktops and layman users?
>