On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 12:29:44PM +0530, krishna wrote: > > i was able to do 'superuser' stuff after providing the > password, but today suddenly, kppp says that i should > be root to do the operation and asks me to check > /usr/sbin/pppd is owned by root ( which it is ) and > whether SETUID bit is set. previously i was able to > shutdown/ reboot my system as a normal user but now i > get a message 'only root can do that'. >
Did not get your problem fully ... Do you mean that you were earlier able to operate pppd and shutdown/ halt as a normal user, or after su to root ? For security reasons, all files in /sbin and /usr/sbin are supposed to be run under superuser privileges ... If you could run those without root access, this is a devi- ation. Probably, you have run Linuxconf or some other thing to set the suid bit, and given your users almost superuser privileges. After installing some other soft- ware ( ? pam ), these anomalies were corrected, which resulted in your frustration. Habit wise, it is not a good idea to have all users run progs from /sbin and /usr/sbin. If you want to do the same on a stand-alone box, advisable to use 'sudo' and give access to selected users for selected programs like wvdial, pppd or maybe even halt (but surely not all the things). Bish -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Graphic file conversion (#2) LOST #028 Method #2 : To convert a graphic files from one format to another, load image in an image manipulation / graphics prog like gimp or xv and save in an altered format. ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
