On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 02:38:07PM -0600, RBE wrote:
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> On Sunday 24 November 2002 5:00 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> > On 11/24/02 14:41, DragonsFireBurns wrote:
> > > "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> > >
> > >>Which user are you trying to run pppd as?  The perms that you have
> > >>will only work for root, unless you change it to:
> > >>-r-sr-xr-x (4555)
 
> Maybe this is in error, but to run pppd, shouldn't the root user have 
> 'x' priviledges?

The "s" means "setUID", which means that it runs with the UID of
the owner, in this case, root, regardless of who executes it.

Kurt
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