Feisty: KPPP/Dialup Permissions Issue?

[Derek Broughton]

andy at healingpeople.org wrote:

> Hi All
> 
> Have done a clean install for Feisty (previously running Edgy).
> 
> Am using dialup to connect to the Internet via KPPP.
> No gateways, etc, here as I dial straight out to my ISP.
> KNetworkManager is installed.
> 
> Under Feisty, I can ONLY access the Internet (POP, SMTP, http, etc)
> WHEN using root access (eg. SUDO firefox) through my connection.
> Never had this problem under Edgy.

Ugh.  It seems like decades since I used ppp.  Probably more like 5 years,
but I forget.

Anyway, iirc there's an option in the ppp config that says either "auth"
or "noauth", and probably even a comment that tells you it shouldn't be
changed.  Users don't have the authority to override that unless the ppp
program is suid root, and they really shouldn't.  User's _can_ override it
in the per-location config scripts.  If nobody gives a better answer, post
the config file and I'll be able to tell you what has to change.
-- 
derek