KPPP

[Homer]

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> Homer wrote:
>
>> Thank you for your comments:
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Mark Greenwood <fatgerman at ntlworld.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On Tuesday 17 Nov 2009 18:30:37 Homer wrote:
>>>> Fresh install of 9.10.  In the past when I have done fresh installs,
>>>> I've been able to copy over my kppprc file and everything picked up
>>>> where I left off.  This time I'm experiencing something different...
>>>>
>>>> 1.  When I start KPPP I have to enter my password.  How can I set it
>>>> up so it runs as a regular user?
>>>
>>> KPPP needs root permissions because PPP needs root permissions. If it
>>> worked differently before then lord knows how they did that.
>
> ppp (and kppp) _don't_, and never have, need to be run as root.  However,
> back around 2000, a change was made in Debian, which is also in Ubuntu, that
> used a default setting that _does_ need root.  It was a totally stupid idea,
> caused numerous people to be confused and upset, and had exactly the
> opposite effect to that which was desired, because most people simply
> removed the setting anyway.  It quite rightly assumes that for _dial in_,
> you should be root, but even then, if the option is set in one of the
> "provider" configurations, rather than the base config, it doesn't require
> root permission.  Of course, very few single user systems actually used
> dial-in then, and even fewer now.
>
> Now, since it's about 10 years since I needed to know this, I don't recall
> the option - but try googling my name and ppp.  I explained how to fix this
> numerous times back then...

I found your fix and the options file is already set as you suggested
back in 2002.

I have since tried purging KPPP and reinstalling, but I get all the
same as described previously.