Re: fedora-list Digest, Vol 1, Issue 1394

From: Parameshwara Bhat (pbhat_at_ongc.net)
Date: 03/30/04

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    Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 23:21:19 +0530
To: "Michael A. Peters" <mpeters@mac.com>

    Dear Michael,

    I have used wvdial - unwittingly though - through WEBMIN. There it works
    ,but when I issue command it can't open modem even after I suided
    /usr/bin/wvdial ( Is it necessary to set suid when ownership is changed to
    'dialout' group comprising users and root ? )

    But disadvantage is lack of GUI though webmin provides it somewhat.And
    other members of my family are already cursing me for having dispensed
    with Windows 98 which was so friendly !

    Thanks,

    Parameshwara Bhat

    On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 22:56:39 -0800, Michael A. Peters <mpeters@mac.com>
    wrote:

    > Hi. Ditch use of kppp and use wvdial - you can use a suid perl script to
    > launch wvdial on demand, or you can start wvdial from /etc/rc.local (in
    > which case it will dial when you boot)
    >
    > Whenever I use dialup - I just start wvdial at system boot - but if your
    > phone line isn't dedicated, then an suid root script to call wvdial is
    > needed (I suppose you could just suid root the wvdial binary too)
    >
    > On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 12:22 +0530, Parameshwara Bhat wrote:
    >> Hello Friends,
    >>
    >> I recently posted a mail asking if anybody could guide me as to how to
    >> share 'kppp' in fedora core1 with non-root users.It is a home PC shared
    >> by
    >> members of the family.I would not share root password for fear of
    >> ignorant
    >> actions affecting security/stability of system.Presently any non-root
    >> user
    >> has to supply root password to connect(dial up ) to ISP.
    >>
    >> I have followed all actions suggested by Scott Burns and Stone Beat but
    >> that has not solved the isuue.Basically what I did was to SUID on
    >> /usr/sbin/kppp and edit /etc/pam.d/kppp to comment out a line.Nothing
    >> has
    >> worked.
    >>
    >> Are there any more ideas on what could be or what should be done ?
    >>
    >> Coming from MSWindows environement,I would think security being so tight
    >> as not allow non-root users of desktop an internet connection very
    >> crazy.
    >> I chose Power Desktop Installation and a decent user-oriented
    >> installation
    >> should have set this automatically . Is Linux not to be used on desktops
    >> and layman users?
    >>
    >> Parameshwara Bhat
    >>
    >> On Mon, 26 Mar 2004 22:06:01 -0500 (EST),
    >> <fedora-list-request@redhat.com>
    >> wrote:
    >>
    >>
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