Permission to use KPPP

[WillEllen]

Found it annoying that SuSE 11.2 KDE live disk did not come with a dialer. However, I located kppp-4.3.1-4.3.i586.rpm at a distribution site and downloaded it with a Win XP (ick!) setup to a flash drive.

I copied the file to the SuSE desktop and installed it by clicking on it. Thought I would be in Linux heaven but when I ran the app the following message is displayed “You do not have sufficient permission to run: /usr/sbin/pppd Please make sure that kppp is owned by root and has the SUID bit set.”

Uninstalled and re-installed several times with the same results; never had a problem with past SuSEs.

How do I get permission?
Will

[malcolmlewis]

Originally Posted by WillEllen

Found it annoying that SuSE 11.2 KDE live disk did not come with a
dialer. However, I located kppp-4.3.1-4.3.i586.rpm at a distribution
site and downloaded it with a Win XP (ick!) setup to a flash drive.

I copied the file to the SuSE desktop and installed it by clicking on
it. Thought I would be in Linux heaven but when I ran the app the
following message is displayed “You do not have sufficient
permission to run: /usr/sbin/pppd Please make sure that kppp is owned by
root and has the SUID bit set.”

Uninstalled and re-installed several times with the same results; never
had a problem with past SuSEs.

How do I get permission?
Will

Hi
You need to use YaST -> Security and Users -> User and Group
Management to modify your user to be included in the dialout group.

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[WillEllen]

user was included in the dialout group but still no permission!

Will

[Christophe_deR]

In a terminal, type :

su

Enter your admin password
Type :

chmod 777 /usr/sbin/pppd

That's a ugly and unsecure hack but that could do the trick.