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From: "Brian Haskin" <haskin@ptway.com>
To: "Obi Wan Oblivion" <vdk@chaosphere.com>, <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: IIJPPP & The Root User
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-----Original Message-----
From: Obi Wan Oblivion <vdk@chaosphere.com>
To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Sunday, February 15, 1998 11:22 PM
Subject: IIJPPP & The Root User


>Howdy,
>
>Any reason why I shouldn't modify IIJPPP Version 1.2 (built on 9/23/97) to
>allow uids other than zero to dialout?
>
>I share my physical system with a few people who want access to the net,
>but I really don't want to dish out the root password to them.  I'm
>looking to keep the security, but add some flexibility.  For instance:
>
>    <  if(getuid() != 0)
>
>    >  if((getuid() != 0) || (getgid() != 68))
>
[snip]

this should be something like this,
    if((getuid() !=0) && (getgid() != 68))
to get the desired effect.


But why not just set it up in auto dial mode. (see the man page)

Brian Haskin

p.s. I don't know anything about the security implications of the change to
the above source.


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