I want to allow users using KDE and gnome to dialout on my Conexant
winmodem. I've gotten a driver for that works for using kppp but I
can't seem set it up as a network device (the system doesn't find a
modem) and says it can't activate it if I specify a location.
What I've tried:
(on advise from a friend)
1. add a group called "dialout"
2. add the specific users to this group
4. chown root.dialout /usr/sbin/kppp
5 chmod 4750 /usr/sbin/kppp
6. as root create the file /etc/kppp.allow and just put the users name
in the file
*(why am I doing this? my records? or does PAM use this or something?)*
7. to use kppp as normal user run: /usr/sbin/kppp and not
/usr/bin/kppp
when I dial out as a user I get this:
You don't have sufficient permission to run
/usr/sbin/pppd
Please make sure that kppp is owned by root and has the SUID bit set.
(It looks to me though that pppd has world execute permissions....huh?)
Then I get the kppp window and when I go to dial out, the terminal says:
[nick@xxxxxxxxx nick]$ /usr/sbin/kppp
_KDE_IceTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.ICE-unix should be set to root
DCOPServer up and running.
Opener: received SetSecret
Opener: received OpenLock
error opening lockfile!
I'd like to find a simple way to selectively allow users to dial out
that actually does let users dial out..heh heh.
any help would be appreciated,
thanks
Nick
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