Re: pppd and setuidness (was Re: 3 Questions)

["Jeffery S. Coy Jr." <jcoy@red.cscwc.pima.edu>]

On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, Richard Kettlewell wrote:

> >>good question.  and why isn't pppd setuid root?  if it's a security issue,
> >>a ppp group would be in order.
> >
> 
> Personally I find that the diald package is an excellent way of
> avoiding this whole issue.  However:
> 

i've been using kerneld (and request-route) to do this for some time now,
so it really wasn't an issue.  i was merely asking a question (since pppd
installs itself setuid root when you build your own).

jeff
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