On Saturday 05 February 2005 15:53, Phillip Pi wrote: > > > I went to test the settings and KPPP connection. I got all the > > > way to connection, but I get disconnected immediately and get a > > > "Sorry - KDesktop error: "KDEInit could not launch > > > '/usr/bin/kppp'". > > > > Kppp needs to be SUID root, and in /etc/ppp/options you must change > > Bob, how do I do this SUID root thing? I am a newbie. :)
In a root shell: chmod u+s /usr/bin/kppp It should already be owned by root so the above will make it SUID to root. What the Set User ID (SUID) bit means is that when the program is run it will acquire the privileges of the owner of the file rather than the person who ran it. You can only set this bit on files you own, unless you are root. On my machine the results look like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -lF /usr/bin/kppp -rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip 575192 2005-01-26 09:03 /usr/bin/kppp* Note the 's' where normally there would be an 'x'. -- -| Bob Hauck -| To Whom You Are Speaking -| http://www.haucks.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
