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Re: !!!!!!!!!!!!!pppd HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hart)
Sun Oct 27 02:45:06 1996
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 18:46:38 +1100 (EST)
From: Robert Hart <hartr@interweft,com.au>
Reply-To: Robert Hart <iweft@ipax.com.au>
To: Michael Ghens <michael@spconnect.com>
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On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Michael Ghens wrote:
> My logs show this
> Oct 27 00:11:26 merlin kernel: PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation)
> Oct 27 00:11:26 merlin kernel: PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc.
> Oct 27 00:11:26 merlin kernel: PPP line discipline registered.
> Oct 27 00:11:26 merlin kernel: registered device ppp0
> Oct 27 00:11:27 merlin pppd[940]: pppd 2.2.0 started by michael, uid 500
> Oct 27 00:11:27 merlin pppd[940]: ioctl(PPPIOCGUNIT): Operation not permitted
> Oct 27 00:11:27 merlin pppd[940]: ioctl(PPPIOCGDEBUG): Operation not permitted
> Oct 27 00:11:27 merlin pppd[940]: Exit.
>
>
> I need to get my ppp connection up ASAP. Any help is greatly apprecitated.
A classic! pppd MUST be suid root if a user is to start it! This is a FAQ,
a HOWTO etc etc !!!
(But don't feel bad, we all get caught by this sort of thing :-)
Robert Hart iweft@ipax.com.au
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