On Tue, Aug 29, at 11:23:32AM, Nick Rout wrote: > True, also should these be readable by anyone else? I see they are owned i > by root:dip but only readable by root > > Results of ls -l /etc/ppp/*secrets > > -rw------------ 1 root dip 94 2006-08-29 01:51 /etc/ppp/chap-secrets > > -rw------------ 1 root dip 1750 2006-08-29 01:51 /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
These files are very "secret" and on my default installs have always been readable by root only. Ordinary users in the dip group have no requirement to read pap-secrets 600 which is read by /usr/sbin/pppd as part of the dial up process. --- keith.
