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pppd non root
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (j g b)
Tue Nov 10 16:45:02 1998
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:42:43 -0500
From: j g b <jbirds@ibm.net>
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i've tried to set the permissions of pppd so that non root users can
invoke it.
i've been unsuccessful. i have a standalone machine, and as root
establishing a
ppp connection is of no consequence. the error message i receive when
trying to invoke pppd is:
pppd: must be root to run pppd, since it is not setuid-root.
i thought perhaps i needed to have a definition of pppd in /etc/passwd
with a well defined uid and then define a group such that non root users
can invoke pppd but this attempt has been unsuccesful so far.
any ideas?
regards,
jack
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