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From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
To: Mark Huizer <xaa@stack.nl>
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Subject: Re: ppp and uid0
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On Sat, 11 Oct 1997, Mark Huizer wrote:

> What use is it to make ppp SUID root, if you put a check in it to make sure
> you are running it as UID 0? :-( Looks like irix this way.
> And it breaks my nice little ppp-login that will initiate pppconnection
> as non-root :-(

  ppp needs to run as root.  It is checks to make sure, because things
won't work if it isn't.  What things?  Routing table changes for one.

> Mark
> 
> 

Tom