From owner-freebsd-current Sun Oct 12 02:15:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA10499 for current-outgoing; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 02:15:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from terra.stack.nl (terra.stack.nl [131.155.140.128]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA10489 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 02:15:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from xaa@xaa.stack.nl) Received: from xaa.stack.nl (uucp@localhost) by terra.stack.nl (8.8.7) with UUCP id LAA13345; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 11:15:07 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from xaa@localhost) by xaa.stack.nl (8.8.7/8.8.2) id LAA00497; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 11:14:13 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19971012111412.17534@xaa.stack.nl> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 11:14:12 +0200 From: Mark Huizer To: Brian Somers Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp and uid0 Reply-To: Mark Huizer References: <19971011210557.57085@xaa.stack.nl> <199710112324.AAA09778@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <199710112324.AAA09778@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>; from "Brian Somers" on Sun, Oct 12, 1997 at 12:24:25AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Mark Huizer - xaa@stack.nl - rcbamh@urc.tue.nl - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - We are the knights who say NuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuPOP! - -------------------------------------------------------------------------