Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 12:34:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Mark Huizer <xaa@stack.nl> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ppp and uid0 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971011123317.6831A-100000@shell.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <19971011210557.57085@xaa.stack.nl>
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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
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