>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Martin Adrian Cater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Andrew> Help, I can connect to my ISP using pon as root: when I Andrew> attempted to use this as user amacater, I got "cannot read Andrew> /etc/ppp.chatscript" errors: chmod 755 cured this for Andrew> /etc/ppp.chatscript and /etc/ppp.options_out but I now Andrew> get: "cannot execute /usr/sbin/pppd - permission denied". Andrew> I know that pppd is suid, owned by root with group of dip Andrew> - what do I need to do next. I am *very* unclear on suid Andrew> so would appreciate any help here - apologies for a Andrew> possible FAQ. I remember having the exact same behavior on my system. Here is an 'ls -l' listing for pppd: -rwsr-x--x 1 root dip 75944 Dec 8 01:54 /usr/sbin/pppd* Note that the group 'dip' has read and execute permissions, and other only have execute permission. I'm not exactly sure why (I'm not too clear on SUID root myself), but I was able to solve the problem by adding myself to the the group 'dip' in /etc/group. Perhaps doing a 'chmod o+r /usr/sbin/pppd' as root would do the trick as well? (Haven't tried this, though.) -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]