[2970] in RedHat Linux List
RE: Permission problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Castelijn, Maurice)
Wed Nov 6 10:42:22 1996
From: "Castelijn, Maurice" <Castelijn.Maurice@kpmg.nl>
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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 16:26:30 +0100
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>From: Paul Waldo[SMTP:pww@ssds.com]
>Sent: woensdag 6 november 1996 15:06
>To: redhat-list@redhat.com
>Subject: Permission problem
>
>When I try to run my ppp-on command as a non-root user, I get the
>following error:
There you've said it: non-root user... you have to be root user.
Maurice.
>
>[pww@ozymandias present]$ /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup
>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0
>[pww@ozymandias present]$ /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ppp:
>/var/run/ifup-ppp-ppp0.pid: Permission denied
>
>It looks to me like it is complaining about being unable to write the
>/var/run/ifup-ppp-ppp0.pid file.
>
>Here are the relevent permissions:
>[pww@ozymandias present]$ ls -l /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup
>-rwsr-xr-x 1 root modem 1711 Sep 10 12:52
>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup
>[pww@ozymandias present]$ ls -l /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ppp
>-rwsr-xr-x 1 root modem 1545 Nov 6 08:49
>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ppp
>[pww@ozymandias present]$ ls -l /var
>total 10
>drwxrwxr-x 14 root man 1024 Oct 26 06:49 catman
>drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 1024 Nov 6 01:04 lib
>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Feb 6 1996 local
>drwxrwxr-x 5 root uucp 1024 Nov 6 08:56 lock
>drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Nov 5 15:34 log
>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Feb 6 1996 nis
>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Feb 6 1996 preserve
>drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 1024 Nov 6 08:56 run
>drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 1024 Oct 26 06:52 spool
>drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 1024 Nov 4 10:22 tmp
>[pww@ozymandias present]$
>
>I can't see why it would fail since the scripts are suid root. Anyone
>have any clues? Thanks.
>
>Paul
>
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