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Date:      Sun, 12 Oct 1997 11:14:12 +0200
From:      Mark Huizer <xaa@stack.nl>
To:        Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ppp and uid0
Message-ID:  <19971012111412.17534@xaa.stack.nl>
In-Reply-To: <199710112324.AAA09778@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>; from "Brian Somers" on Sun, Oct 12, 1997 at 12:24:25AM %2B0100
References:  <19971011210557.57085@xaa.stack.nl> <199710112324.AAA09778@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>

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> 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!).

Hmm... but I thought that was the intention of introducing the new
groupid 'network'? That will probably give you that security as well, or
at least the possibilities to control it.
> 
> To deal with your ppp-login requirement, check out the latest version 
> of the pppctl(8) man page (available on www.freebsd.org/~brian).
I'll look at it :-) Thanks

Mark
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