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Re: PPP (fwd)



Matthew C. Thompson wrote:
>>	[pseelig]/home/pseelig > v /usr/sbin/pppd
>>	-rwsr-xr--   1 root     dip    76072 Mar  2 03:29 /usr/sbin/pppd
>>                               ^^^
>>
>>So the entry in "/etc/group" has to be:
>>
>>	dip:*:30:yourson,hisfather
>>
>i had already chowned /usr/sbin/pppd to mattyt, along with all the other
>files necessary (messy, i know, but i'm the only user on my machine), so i
>didn't think this would work, and it didn't. i still get the same messages
>as jess mentioned in my plog after attempting pon as mattyt.

You can't use chown on a file that's suid root, because then the file will
no longer be able to run as root. You must control access to the file by
using a group of which you are a member. The group has execute access to
the file and the file is owned by root.

Mike.


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