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On Monday 25 November 2002 3:07 pm, Kurt Wall wrote:
> 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.

I understand, but have run into some programs that wouldn't work that 
way (don't understand why).

- -- 
Robert Black Eagle
The more I understand, the less I know.
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