even after doing the procedure given below, i cud not get kppp 2 appear w/o asking for the root passwd plz help.

i wud like 2 thank u all 4 helping me configure my external modem. thanx a lot 4 ur help!

Just set the 's' bit for kppp , i think then u should be able to connect to net using normal user account....

setting uid may be risky IMHO instead u can try this (as i do with my RHL 7.2 ): use visudo to edit sudoers file :

#visudo

User_Alias NETUSERS=brother # use ur brother's login name here

Cmnd_Alias CONNECTPROG=/usr/bin/wvdial # use kppp here in ur case

NETUSERS ALL=NOPASSWD:CONNECTPROG

now save the file and all the users in NETUSERS will be able to connect without furnishing the root password. see also : man visudo

HTH