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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: Upgrading KDE 1.1.1 to 1.1.2 on Red Hat Linux 2.0
From:       "Terry" <lawnman1 () soltec ! net>
Date:       1999-10-31 13:57:32
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Do a "man chown" and see what needs to be done to ownerships for kppp and
the others.

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Ruskin <Peter@ruskin.greatxscape.net>
To: KDE User List <kde-user@lists.netcentral.net>
Date: Sunday, October 31, 1999 6:45 AM
Subject: Upgrading KDE 1.1.1 to 1.1.2 on Red Hat Linux 2.0


>On my i686 box at home, I had just arranged everything so that I could work
as
>a normal user instead of root, using kppp being especially important to
e  --
>then I upgraded to KDE 1.1.2 using the Red Hat RPMs.
>
>KDE looks much better now, but as a non-root user I can't run konsole, kvt
or
>kppp, whatever I do.  I believe it may have something to do with
kcheckpass,
>which I don't think was there before I upgraded.  I've tried kcheckpass
from
>the konsole as root and it returns zero with the correct root password, but
as
>non-root, when I try to run kppp, the new little dialog that prompts for
>password does nothing other than disappear when I OK it, whether I've
entered
>root's or the user's password.
>
>I've set UID on kppp, pppd and /dev/modem.  I've read the kppp handbook and
>created the /etc/kppp.allow file as suggested in "kppp and security
issues" --
>all to no avail.
>
>I reverted back to KDE 1.1.1 and could work OK without being root, so it
must
>be something with 1.1.2.  I missed the 1.1.2 interface though, so I
reinstalled
>it and now I'm working as root all the time, just like when I started using
>Linux.
>
>There's an old law that states 'Progress means Deterioration'.  Can anyone
help?
>
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