Re: Red Hat 7.3: user access to ppp without root password

Ronald Jacobowitz wrote:
> In Red Hat 7.3, a user trying to launch a ppp connection is first asked
> to enter the root password.
>
> Is it possible to configure the connection (or create a new one) so as
> not to require this password?
>

It is possible to do something like this using "setuid root".

First, find the path to your pppd binary.
find, locate or whereis may help. Default path is /usr/sbin/pppd

Next, use chmod to turn on setuid root.
#chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd

Finally, verify permissions (and groups) on your pppd binary
   #ls -lsa /usr/sbin/pppd
228 -rwsr-xr--    1 root     dip        230604 DATE /usr/sbin/pppd

You may need to add the users who need pppd access to a group. On my
system, this is the "dip" group. Others use a "ppp" or "dialout" group.

P.S. Alternately you can use "sudo" to grant this kind of access.

Tony Wasson
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