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Re: pppd non root
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (j g b)
Tue Nov 10 21:54:49 1998
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 21:44:40 -0500
From: j g b <jbirds@ibm.net>
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found it in the ppp-howto...thanks
Frank N. Stein wrote:
> 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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