Access Problem with pppd
Hi all,
I am looking for a líttle understanding problem. Maybe someone can advice me.
On my EEEPC I am running an application called "umtsmon" (this is for gprs-
access). Umtsmom is a single binary located in /usr/bin.
When I start it, it is started, and when I want to connect to the internet it
starts a modem connection by using pppd.
This is fine working, when I am starting it as user "root". (I use "sux" to
become root from a normal user).
When I start umtsmon as normal user, pppd is not allowed to be used by this
user. This is ok, I want only users in a special group use pppd.
So far so well, but I dop not understand this: When set the binary
with rwsr-x--- (root:dialout), then umtsmon should start with the rights of
root and should be also allowed to start pppd! But i does clearly NOT! I get
the maesage: pppd is not allowed to start, only root is allowed to start it.
What do I do wrong? Where do I think wrong?
BTW: maybe someone wants to adopt umtsmon and create a package. It is open-
source / GPL and it is really great tool (This only remarked besides)
Thank you for any help!
Best regards
Hans
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