Kppp unable to connect with noauth

[Derek Broughton]

Jonathan Riddell wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 06:40:29PM +0200, Sam Przyswa wrote:
>> 
>> With the Dapper Kppp is unable to connect with the noauth option I
>> always got:
>> 
>> using the noauth option requires root privilege
> 
> Make sure your user is in the dip group.
> 
> Try editing /etc/ppp/peers/kppp-options to remove the hash before
> noauth.

??  It's been a long time since I dealt with this, but surely you _want_ the
hash there?  The problem is when you _do_ use noauth.
> 
> Let me know if that works (as non-root).

I can't believe this is still an issue.  It was just about the #1 FAQ on the
Corel Linux groups almost 10 years ago.  The workarounds are many, but iirc
it all comes down to needing auth/noauth for _incoming_ ppp sessions. 
Generally speaking few here are going to be doing that...
-- 
derek