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Re: pptpdconfig.pl



On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 11:21:37PM -0500, will trillich wrote:
> trying to get VPN going, still, this time with pptpd--and the
> config script seems kaflooey--
> 
> 	# apt-get install pptpd
> 	<snip>
> 	# pptpdconfig.pl
> 	/usr/sbin/pptpdconfig.pl: Permission denied.
> 	# ls -l /usr/sbin/pptpdconfig.pl
> 	-rw-r--r--    1 root   root   1581 Feb 22  2000 /usr/sbin/pptpdconfig.pl
> 
> <no chmod +x ?>
> 
> 	# perl !$
> 	Can't exec "pptpdconfig.pl": Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/IPC/Open3.pm line 188.
> 	open2: exec of pptpdconfig.pl failed at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/ConfModule.pm line 46
> 	Use of uninitialized value at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/ConfModule.pm line 303.
> 
> am i missing a piece? (i ran this as root, so it wouldn't appear to be
> a normal user permissions snag...)

not even root can execute the non-executable.  

file a bug against the package, and run chmod 755 /usr/sbin/pptpdconfig.pl 
as root

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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