Re: [plug] NTP clocks

[AB Ramos]

On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 03:39:56PM +0800, Emmanuel Amador wrote:
<snip> 
> Question: since the script is in /etc/ppp/ip-up.local, do I have to be
> root to get it to run whenever i log on?

ip-up.local is normally executed by ip-up which, in turn, is normally
executed by pppd.  pppd is almost always run with root permissions.  A
script typically inherits the permissions of it's caller.  So, the
answer to your question is no, if a normal user can execute pppd and
pppd is suid root.

hth,
abramos
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