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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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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?

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