Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:22:34 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "Dan Mahoney Jr." <danm@DanMahoney.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pppctl as non-root? Message-ID: <199901311622.QAA92053@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 31 Jan 1999 04:21:10 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901310415080.25228-100000@acetylene.vapornet.net>
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> Hey, in my ppp.conf I have the line
>
> set server /var/tmp/internet "" 0177
>
> Thi works when I use pppctl as root, since the resulting file is
> root-owned (with the group bin). But I am unable to use pppctl to connect
> to this as a non-root entity, even when that entity is in the wheel and
> network groups (of course it works if I su, but I'd prefer not to, as my
> connection is rather crappy, and it often requires a manual down/dial
> (don't knock it, it's free).
>
> Is there some way to either get that file so users other than root can
> access it or make pppctl read it regardless of who's using it?
Have you tried looking at the ``set server'' description in the ppp
man page ? The 0177 is a permission mask....
It's unwise to set it to anything other than 0177 if you have no
password though.
> Thanks.
>
> -Dan Mahoney
>
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