Hi
kppp has root suid, is it really necessary ?
pppd has already root suid, shouldn't it be be enough ?
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Olivier Blin
, 16 2003, 20:13, Olivier Blin :
Hi
kppp has root suid, is it really necessary ?
pppd has already root suid, shouldn't it be be enough ?
no, since kppp needs to write into /etc/ppp/*
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On Saturday 16 August 2003 19:51, Diego Iastrubni wrote:
Hi
kppp has root suid, is it really necessary ?
pppd has already root suid, shouldn't it be be enough ?
no, since kppp needs to write into /etc/ppp/*
what about using a group for this ?
/etc/ppp/ could be group writeable, and kppp
Am Samstag, 16. August 2003 19:13 schrieb Olivier Blin:
Hi
kppp has root suid, is it really necessary ?
pppd has already root suid, shouldn't it be be enough ?
pppd setuid root = pppd has access to all files it needs as well as devices
and is able to set the route
kppp setuid root = using
, 16 2003, 21:25, Steffen Barszus :
Am Samstag, 16. August 2003 19:13 schrieb Olivier Blin:
Hi
kppp has root suid, is it really necessary ?
pppd has already root suid, shouldn't it be be enough ?
pppd setuid root = pppd has access to all files it needs as well as
devices and is able
Am Samstag, 16. August 2003 21:20 schrieb Diego Iastrubni:
, 16 2003, 21:25, Steffen Barszus :
Am Samstag, 16. August 2003 19:13 schrieb Olivier Blin:
Hi
kppp has root suid, is it really necessary ?
pppd has already root suid, shouldn't it be be enough ?
pppd setuid root = pppd
kppp has root suid, is it really necessary ?
pppd has already root suid, shouldn't it be be enough ?
no, since kppp needs to write into /etc/ppp/*
Does it really need to write there ?
No way to use ~/.ppprc only ?
I've noticed that all dialers use /var/lock/LCK..ttyS? files.
So they must
Am Samstag, 16. August 2003 22:37 schrieb Olivier Blin:
kppp has root suid, is it really necessary ?
pppd has already root suid, shouldn't it be be enough ?
no, since kppp needs to write into /etc/ppp/*
Does it really need to write there ?
No way to use ~/.ppprc only ?
I've noticed
pppd running as root != pppd running by root
yes
The only way to dial up for user is to use peer scripts and having
pppd setuid root. This way pppd can be started by user, since pppd
call name is not a priviliged option. :)
It seems that pppd can't be run as non-root user.
I've tried and
It seems that pppd can't be run as non-root user.
I've tried and pppd writes the following to syslog:
/usr/sbin/pppd: must be root to run /usr/sbin/pppd, since it is not
setuid-root
Errm, perhaps I was wrong, I tried to set device on pppd command line
...
But a strace on pppd gave this :
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