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 -------------- 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-0005.sig>