[97164] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Initiating pppd as a user
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Shepard)
Sun Nov 1 16:17:52 1998
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 01:15:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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In-Reply-To: <199811012024.PAA02429@nautilus.math.clemson.edu>
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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> The RedHat admin tools work just fine to set this up. Follow the
> menus
>
> Linxconf-->Networking-->PPP/SLIP/PLIP-->ppp0-->Hardware
>
> and select "Allow any user...". Or
> If you properly configure everything else along the way, then any user
> will be able to run "ifup ppp0" or "ifdown ppp0" to start or stop the
> link.
Matthew,
I'm part way there. Did the above and tried running /etc/ppp/if-up ppp0 as
a user. I wasn't allowed to because when I let linuxconf make the changes
(and, BTW, allowing users to initiate pppd had already been set), it took
off the suid bit on /usr/sbin/pppd. The error message was that one had to be
root to run the program.
In /etc/ppp/if-up it says to not modify that file, but to make changes in
a local version. Could it be that I need to copy the file to each user's
/home directory and modify it for use there? If so, what does each copy need
to contain? And, what is the syntax to invoke pppd as a user?
/usr/ppp/if-up ppp0 and /usr/ppp/if-down ppp0? I suppose that I could add
/usr/ppp to each user's path.
Thanks again,
Rich
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