Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 06:10:01 -0700 (PDT) From: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart) To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/7070: pppd not setuid root Message-ID: <199806261310.GAA17386@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/7070; it has been noted by GNATS. From: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart) To: jose@nobody.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: bin/7070: pppd not setuid root Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 14:00:24 +0100 On Jun 25, 8:11pm, Jose Marques wrote: } Subject: bin/7070: pppd not setuid root > > Running "pppd" non-root brings up the message that pppd is not setuid > root I'm not aware of any good reasons to make pppd suid root. Though it has been written with this in mind I don't think if offers any advantages over the potential security problems. Niall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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