Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 23:24:43 -0700 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: Tim Moony <timm@uniqsite.com>, FreeBSD Questions Forum <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: A deeper look into PPP Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980429232443.03130f6c@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980429204203.596A-100000@uniqsite.com>
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At 08:47 PM 4/29/98 -0700, Tim Moony wrote: >When I ran ppp as a regular user, an error message pops up: > >Alert: ppp: Access violation: Please protect /etc/ppp/ppp.conf > >PPP is set to permissions 4550 last I checked. The user is in group >network. The message seems to indicate that your /etc/ppp/ppp.conf has relaxed permissions on it. It should be 0400 (or 0440?), since you don't want users getting dialup passwords or anything out of your ppp.conf file. --Ludwig Pummer ludwigp@bigfoot.com ludwigp@chipweb.ml.org ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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