Re: Wvdial and non-root access
Cory Snavely writes:
> Yeah, but since pppd runs setuid root, just membership in dip won't let
> you kill pppd....
Your ability to kill a pppd you started has nothing to do with group
membership. Pppd knows who started it and will obey a kill from that user.
> ... unless you set poff setuid root as well.
That would do you no good. For security reasons setuid does not work on
scripts.
> I used sudo to avoid having to do this. Right?
No need. Anything you can start with pon you can stop with poff. Just put
your users in the dip group ('adduser username dip' as root) and you'll be
fine.
We really have thought this through.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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