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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kai Hendry wrote: > I am trying to get pppd to be able to run for a given user, in > convience. > > [bu@xxxxxxxxx bu]$ /usr/sbin/pppd > /usr/sbin/pppd: must be root to run /usr/sbin/pppd, since it is not > setuid-root > > Can anyone help me by telling me how I get around this ? Redhat have a setuid usernetctl, thats how I get around it, which establishes if the ifcfg-pppN script permits users to do this. Debian discussion here -> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2000/debian-user-200009/msg00201.html I suspect the alternative is a setuid pppd, which is discussed in the pppd manual page - yuk. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+HLp3GFXfHI9FVgYRAleKAJ9iGD0VfQsc3Nq3Uu2WJni/oDj4QgCeMviJ 4e8zUXff8q3F4UerUBFtD3I= =iqA3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.