[NTLUG:Discuss] kppp dialer

[Kyle Davenport]

RH6.1 forward use pam authentication modules.   They do not allow kppp to be
suid.  kppp is instead a link to consolehelper - a general purpose mechanism to
enable users to run root-only programs (enabled in /etc/security/console.apps).

I don't think I'm alone in finding pam obscure and difficult to modify, but you
can get around the password prompt by changing /etc/pam.d/kppp:

from the line:
auth       sufficient    /lib/security/pam_rootok.so

to the line:
auth       sufficient    /lib/security/pam_permit.so

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Merlin <merlin at tacni.net> on 03/12/2001 10:00:00 AM

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Subject:  [NTLUG:Discuss] kppp dialer



I have successfully configured dial-up on my linux box (RH 6.1), using the
kppp dialer.

However, whenever I go to connect, it asks for the root password before
kppp comes up.  In linuxconf, under the ppp devices section, I checked the
box for my ppp device specifying that I wanted all users to be able to
(de)activate the link.  However, this does not appear to have worked as
expected.

I imagine I'm missing something easy, but I'm not sure what it might be.

Does anyone have any ideas?