--- RBE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 25 November 2002 3:05 pm, DragonsFireBurns > wrote: > > RBE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > news:mailman.86.1038256699.691.linux- > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > 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 > > >> > > > >> > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > >> >>On 11/24/02 13:29, DragonsFireBurns wrote: > > >> >>>Using the Step by Step; > > >> >>>http://www.opq.se/sxs/index2.html > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>>Stuck on this part; > > >> >>> > > >> >>>ls -al of /usr/sbin/pppd (or /sbin/pppd) > should look like this: > > >> >>> > > >> >>>-r-sr-x--- 1 root root 138724 Sep 16 23:15 > /usr/sbin/pppd > > >> >>> > > >> >>>Reply says file does not exsist, I looked > with the editor and > > >> >>> it is their. > > >> >> > > >> >>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) > > >> > > > >> > I'm loged in as root. > > >> > > >> OK, then you need to provide more information > on what you're > > >> running that is giving you that error. > > > > > > Maybe this is in error, but to run pppd, > shouldn't the root user > > > have 'x' priviledges? > > > > What does that mean? > > As in -r-xr-xr-x, rather than -r-sr-xr-x. > The "s" means that: a) the file is marked as executable for the owner b) anyone who does execute the file "becomes" the owner when executing it. This "becoming the owner" only occurs for the execution of the file. a.k.a. set-uid.
Similarly, you can mark a file set-gid (-r-xr-sr-x)which means the same as above except you replace "owner" with "group". See also "info chmod". HTH. Brad. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
