[98842] in RedHat Linux List
Re: pppd non root
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frank N. Stein)
Tue Nov 10 19:56:22 1998
From: "Frank N. Stein" <kcsmart@microlink.net>
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:30:39 -0600
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On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, j g b sniveled:
>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.
chmod u+s /usr/sbin/pppd
--
I distinctly remember forgetting that.
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