Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 21:58:39 -0400 From: Chuck <crtb@capecod.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: ip-down can't route delete Message-ID: <199705120158.VAA15051@localhost.nih.gov>
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When my ppp link goes down (I absentmindedly don't use it for 5 min.
and my ISP kills it), /etc/ppp/ip-down is run.
My ip-down has a route delete in it, because for some reason pppd
doesn't do a good job of it, and leaves old IP addresses in the table.
But the route delete fails with permission denied, since it's not
running root.
On my FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE, pppd is setuid root, and appropriately so.
Yet it can't run route! My guess is that route wants a real root UID,
not just an effective root. But sudo route delete works fine! Is that
any different?
Please e-mail.. I don't subscribe to questions. TIA.
Chuck Bacon -- crtb@capecod.net
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