Re: PPP (fwd)

[Carey Evans <c.evans@clear.net.nz>]

"Matthew C. Thompson" <mattyt@oz.net> writes:

[snip]

> >       [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,

This was probably not a great idea, since pppd needs to be setuid root
to set up the interface.  What do `grep dip /etc/group' and
`ls -l /usr/sbin/pppd' give you?

-- 
                Carey Evans  <*>  c.evans@clear.net.nz

		      "Deliver.  Where's that?"


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