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Re: pon poff authority



daves debian writes:
> If root calls pon, it with ppp_on_boot in /etc/ppp then a user cannot stop 
> pppd with poff

> However if the user calls pon, it works, poff stops pppd

That's how it is intended to work.  One user should not be able to kill
another's connection.

> Due to my setup, I realy need ppp_on_boot to start and user to stop start
> if neccesarry.

Use sudo.

> Is the way I have setup dip and SUID secureish ?

Put the permissions back as they were.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin



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