On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:01:36 +1300 Andrew Errington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I have a quick question on kppp. > > I am using Debian 3.0 r4, and kppp won't work for a 'normal' user, only > root. > > To fix the problem I did the following two things: > > 1) Add user-who-wishes-to-dial to the 'dip' group. This is the group > associated with /usr/bin/kppp > > 2) Set SUID bit on /usr/bin/kppp (chmod +s /usr/bin/kppp) which makes kppp > run as root, otherwise pppd is not permitted to write to system logs etc. why would kppp write to the logs? as i understand it sysklogd writes to the logs, kppp etc should use the system logging. AFAIK you only need the user-who-wishes to be in a group that has appropriate access to the device concerned, ie /dev/modem (or whatever /dev/modem ultimately links to) > > It works, but Googling brings up conflicting reports on the goodness of > this approach. Any comments? > > Andy -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
