Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 14:58:48 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Chuck <crtb@capecod.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pppd Message-ID: <199707131358.OAA13695@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 12 Jul 1997 09:25:39 EDT." <199707121325.JAA05298@localhost>
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> I have a script, /usr/local/bin/pppgo, which dials my ISP via pppd.
> Everything works except one thing. When the line drops (the ISP
> kills the line), ip-down runs, just as ip-up ran when connection
> was first made. It attempts to "route delete $IP" and the like,
> but always gets:
>
> route: must be root to alter routing table: Permission denied
>
> even though TFM tells me that ip-down is run as root! After all,
> pppd is setuid root.
> Any ideas?
[.....]
Well, with ppp, any shell commands in the config files are run as the
user that invoked ppp rather than as God. I would think pppd is the
same. Without this "feature", anyone can create their own config
files or run ppp interactively and do what they want.
I don't think you can create your own pppd config files, but you can
pass what you want to connect/disconnect on the command line.
> Chuck Bacon -- crtb@capecod.net
> ABHOR SECRECY -- DEFEND PRIVACY
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