Hi Stefan As pptp obviously can be run also for non-root users I'm starting to think that we should move pptp from /usr/sbin to /usr/bin. That would also solve this problem, right?
What do you think about that alternative? Best regards, // Ola On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 08:44:59PM +0100, Stefan Kisdaroczi wrote: > Package: pptp-linux > Version: 1.7.2-6 > Severity: minor > Tags: patch > > Hi, > > the tunnel files generated by pptpsetup are not working if pptp is used as > non- > root user. > > The first paragraph of file USING (root of source tree) suggests using the > absolute path too: > > Usage Notes > > > > pptp is started as a psuedo-tty child process using pppd's pty option: > > pppd call provider [pppd-options] \ > > pty "/usr/sbin/pptp hostname --nolaunchpppd [pptp-options]" > > ... > > Please consider applying the attached patch. It should not break anything for > users using pptp as root, but works for more secure setup's using a non-root > user too. > > Thanks > Stefan -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [email protected] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [email protected] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | http://inguza.com/ +46 (0)70-332 1551 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
