Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 00:08:47 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Ken Seggerman <suleyman@echonyc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user PPP only works for root Message-ID: <199909022308.AAA68844@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 31 Aug 1999 23:53:31 EDT." <Pine.GSO.4.10.9908312325001.239-100000@echonyc.com>
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> I have changed the permissions for /usr/sbin/ppp, /dev/tun0, and
> /dev/cuaa0 still I get the following
>
> $ ppp
> Working in interactive mode
> Warning: No available tunnel devices found (Permission denied).
> Warning: bundle_Create: No such file or directory
>
> Any suggestions would be most welcome.
The tun device driver insists that only a process with root
privileges can open the tun device. You cannot remove the suid bit
from /usr/sbin/ppp.
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