One way in which you can do this is through the use of sudo. This program
allows you to give root priveliges to user to execute certain commands.
(such as PPP scripts...etc.) I can not remember where this package is
located, but I have used it in the past when I need to give users
priveledges to run commands on certain machines. It may come with your
distribution also. It can restrict which users have access and whether or
not a password is used. I hope this helps....
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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian/Carol Lehr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 1998 10:42 AM
> To: LENGARD Pascal OCISI
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> Subject: Re: ppp-go
>
>
> LENGARD Pascal OCISI wrote:
>
> > To manipulate the network stack (route , ifconfig ...) you
> have to be
> > root.
> > so if you want to make it possible for ordinary users to
> activate the ppp
> > link, you will have to give him root priviledge while doing so
> > ie by writing a special suid launcher that does all the
> work or maybe
> > just making pppd suid root but there may be security issues
> with this.
>
> Giving the user a root privilege with ppp shouldn't open up
> the rest of the
> box as root to him, should it? If so, there must be a more
> secure way,
> somehow, somewhere. I wonder how sysadmins do it for their
> networks, without
> giving root privileges to average users? Hmmmm...
>
> Brian
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