[97138] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Initiating pppd as a user
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frank N. Stein)
Sun Nov 1 12:03:34 1998
From: "Frank N. Stein" <kcsmart@microlink.net>
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Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:01:41 -0600
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On Sun, 01 Nov 1998, Rich Shepard sniveled:
>I've tried to set up the system so users can initiate pppd and killall
>pppd. It's not working.
>
> On our RH5.1 network, /usr/sbin/pppd as the permissions:
>
>-rwsrwsrwx 1 root root 104876 Apr 23 1998 /usr/sbin/pppd
>
>which I thought would allow a user to initiate a connection to our ISP.
>
> Will someone please tell me what I need to do so individuals can dial up
>the ISP, check mail (or a web site), then shut down the connection?
What are the permissions on /dev/modem _AND_ the /dev/<device_name>
that it's linked to? That's probably where the problem lies.
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I distinctly remember forgetting that.
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