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Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 15:36:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mike Newell <mnewell@newell.arlington.va.us>
To: Chris Shenton <cshenton@it.hq.nasa.gov>
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On Fri, 16 Aug 1996, Chris Shenton wrote:

> Oops, I mis-spoke -- meant "static", not "default". 

:-)

> Either way, as you point out, the "route add..." in ip-up fails
> because the script cannot obtain the permissions it needs.  :-(

Looks like what most people on the list did was either modified route to 
add a "setuid(0,0)" at the start or removed the check for uid.  Recompile 
and stuff the new version into /etc/ppp.  My guess is that's the best 
thing to do in our cases, since we're not letting Joe User (tm) on our 
machines...

Much obliged,

Mike

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