Re: /etc/ppp/pap-secrets is read/writable only by root

[john@dhh.gt.org]

Philip Hands writes:
> It seems to me that the +ua option has been removed because it allows the
> possibility of a user bringing up a connection to a machine to which the
> sysadmin had not intended to allow them to connect.

> I would not expect many people to be paranoid enough to worry about this,
> but those that do would be upset by us re-enabling the +ua option.

I agree.  It seems to me that setting up a new ppp connection is a systems
administration task akin to installing an ethernet link.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI


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