Erm.... whats this got to do with ham radio?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Aitken [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, 27 July 2000 6:37 pm
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: KPPP problems
>
>
> >Hello,
>
>
> I have just upgraded from RedHat 6.0 to RedHat 6.2.
>
> In 6.0, KPPP was working 100% with one of the "user accounts" I set up
> for
> my self. I did have to set the permissions for "kppp & pppd" so as normal
> users could access these files......
>
> chmod +s /usr/bin/kppp
>
> &
>
> chmod u+s /usr/bin/pppd
>
> But when I upgraded to 6.2 I could no longer use kppp as a "user" , but
> root worked ok once configured.
>
> If, as a user with 6.2, I envoked kppp, a window in the kde desktop would
> ask for the root password and when this was entered nothing would
> happen. I then started kppp from a xterm window to see what was happening
>
> and the following was displayed once the root password was
> entered...........
>
>
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> [vk3jma@linux vk3jma]$ kppp
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> kppp: cannot connect to X server :0
> [vk3jma@linux vk3jma]$
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>
> I am now lost as to what is happening with this "new" RedHat 6.2 version
> of
> kppp?
>
> Can you assist please?
>
> regards
>
> Mark
>
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>
> Regards
>
> Mark