Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 09:31:21 +0930 (CST) From: newton@communica.com.au (Mark Newton) To: marcs@znep.com (Marc Slemko) Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: setuid programs in freebsd Message-ID: <9610010001.AA15420@communica.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.960929214259.16956L-100000@alive.ampr.ab.ca> from "Marc Slemko" at Sep 29, 96 09:55:48 pm
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Marc Slemko wrote:
> 91 168 -r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 86016 Jul 16 20:34 ./usr/sbin/ppp
>
> USE: Establish ppp connections using kernel level ppp.
>
> 92 128 -r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 65536 Jul 16 20:34 ./usr/sbin/pppd
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> USE: Establishing ppp connections using user level ppp.
These two are the wrong way around: pppd is for kernel PPP. /usr/sbin/ppp
is the ijppp user PPP executable (the one that uses the tun devices)
- mark
[ nitpicky, I know - Others have made many other worthy suggestions
already ]
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