16 Jan
2003
16 Jan
'03
12:22 p.m.
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Tapeshwar Nath wrote:
Just set the 's' bit for kppp , i think then u should be able to connect to net using normal user account....
setting uid may be risky IMHO instead u can try this (as i do with my RHL 7.2 ): use visudo to edit sudoers file :
#visudo
User_Alias NETUSERS=brother # use ur brother's login name here
Cmnd_Alias CONNECTPROG=/usr/bin/wvdial # use kppp here in ur case
NETUSERS ALL=NOPASSWD:CONNECTPROG
now save the file and all the users in NETUSERS will be able to connect without furnishing the root password. see also : man visudo
HTH
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Nikhil
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