fedora-list Digest, Vol 1, Issue 1394

[Parameshwara Bhat]

Dear Michael,

I have used wvdial - unwittingly though - through WEBMIN. There it works 
,but when I issue command it can't open modem even after I suided 
/usr/bin/wvdial ( Is it necessary to set suid when ownership is changed to 
'dialout' group comprising users and root ? )

But disadvantage is lack of GUI though webmin provides it somewhat.And 
other members of my family are already cursing me for having dispensed 
with Windows 98 which was so friendly !

Thanks,

Parameshwara Bhat

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 22:56:39 -0800, Michael A. Peters <mpeters at mac.com> 
wrote:

> Hi. Ditch use of kppp and use wvdial - you can use a suid perl script to
> launch wvdial on demand, or you can start wvdial from /etc/rc.local (in
> which case it will dial when you boot)
>
> Whenever I use dialup - I just start wvdial at system boot - but if your
> phone line isn't dedicated, then an suid root script to call wvdial is
> needed (I suppose you could just suid root the wvdial binary too)
>
> On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 12:22 +0530, 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 ?
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> Parameshwara Bhat
>>
>> On Mon, 26 Mar 2004 22:06:01 -0500 (EST), 
>> <fedora-list-request at redhat.com>
>> wrote:
>>
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