[aclug-L] Re: sound, modem under RedHat 6.0

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On  9 Jan, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 09, 2000 at 08:51:56PM -0600, root wrote:
>> 2) Root's internet connection works fine, but when I created the user
>> account for me it won't start the modem with kpppd.  It wants the "SUID"
>> bit set.  Assuming that it wants the superuser to give its blessing
>> before an internet connection is made, I set my account to the root
>> group and gave it all the privileges I could find in the configuration
>> dialog.  Any ideas what I forgot to try?

what i did was just install sudo, and add my normal user to the list of
sudo-ers...  then, i changed the script that runs pppd to have 'sudo'
at the beginning, so any sudo-er can start via that script...  simple
w/ no permissions or other changes (just the sudoer list)...

jesse

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