Re: ppp how to use ppp for a normal user?
lists@anomie.dhis.org (Brad) writes:
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> Hmmm... ugly long lines. Fix the MUAs to use lines < 76 characters at
> maximum.
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> On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Andrew L. Gould wrote:
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> > I did a fresh install of Debian 2.1r3 last night. Accessing the internet via wvdial as a
> > normal user required all three of the following:
> >
> > adduser algould dip
> > chmod a+rwx /etc/ppp/*
> > chmod a+rwx /etc/ppp
> >
> > 'a+rwx' may have been overkill; but access attempts between each step failed due to inadequate
> > permissions to use the modem, pppd, and to write to the various ppp related scripts (chap* and
> > pap* scripts).
>
> A much better solution would have been to correct the permissions,
> specifically "chown -R root.dip /etc/ppp /etc/chatscripts". The modes
> should already have been 660 (or 640, whichever is necessary). Also, make
> sure the /usr/sbin/pppd binary has the proper modes and sxid bits set.
Only /etc/chatscripts needs to be group dip
$ vdir -d /etc/ppp /etc/chatscripts
drwxr-s--- 2 root dip 1024 Sep 12 08:43 /etc/chatscripts/
drwx------ 5 root root 1024 Aug 28 1998 /etc/ppp/
$
> This bug was discussed a while back on the list. Wonder why no one fixed
> it...?
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