Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 22:03:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Chuck <crtb@capecod.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pppd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970712220328.6418D-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199707121325.JAA05298@localhost>
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On Sat, 12 Jul 1997, Chuck wrote: > 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? What is the permissions on your script? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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