Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 00:24:25 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Mark Huizer <xaa@stack.nl> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp and uid0 Message-ID: <199710112324.AAA09778@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 11 Oct 1997 21:05:57 %2B0200." <19971011210557.57085@xaa.stack.nl>
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> 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 can be run in -direct mode as a user as long as that user is a member of group network. In any other mode, the user must be uid 0 - it's too dangerous if they're not (you can do wonderful things if you've got control over the routing table!). To deal with your ppp-login requirement, check out the latest version of the pppctl(8) man page (available on www.freebsd.org/~brian). > Mark -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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