Re: Why doesn't pon execute in xterm window

[Paul Schwartz <brpms@earthlink.net>]

Robert Storey wrote:

> Dear Paul,
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> Did you trying setting /usr/sbin/pppoe as suid root?
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>  chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppoe
>
> regards,
> Robert
>  
Applied to pon, it solves the problems, but I still don't understand 
why, before that, the user could execute pon successfully in a console, 
but not in an xterm window. ? an imponderable?

Thanks
Paul

> On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:02:53 -0700
> paul <paul@paulsbox> wrote:
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> > Sorry about the thread but this is the first time I'm sending mail
> > from my Debian box, and clicking the reply to at the bottom of the
> > message in the Konqueror display didn't bring anything with it.
> >
> > I have followed the earlier suggestions; adding the dialout group
> > really helped, but ...
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