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Dushan Mitrovich <[log in to unmask]>
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Dushan Mitrovich <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:21:12 -0700
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Mark Whidby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Dushan Mitrovich wrote:
>> I tried to send msg this from SL using thunderbird, but have not seen it
>> - or much of anything, come to think of it, for the last several days -
>> show up on the list, so I'm re-sending it.
>>
>> I finally got SL 4.2 installed, and the video working, on my stand-alone
>> workstation.  And KPPP does work to connect to the I'net, but to do so
>> requires root privileges.  I'd like to change this so that KPPP will also
>> work for me as a non-root user, without having to enter the password
>> every time, but so far haven't been able to figure out what needs to be
>> modified.  Suggestions/intructions would be much appreciated.
>
> I can't remember the exact details but access to kppp is controlled
> through the consolehelper wrapper program - try 'man consolehelper'
> for a start.

Thanks, Mark, this is probably the key I was looking for.

- Dushan

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