On 2 Jan 2002, Simon Wong wrote:

>      220 -rwsr-xr--    1 root     dip        218524 Sep 29 22:00  /usr/sbin/pppd
>
> But when I try and connect I get this error:
>     /usr/sbin/pppd: must be root to run /usr/sbin/pppd, since it is not
>     setuid-root

Is the partition mounted with the no-suid option?
A virus replaced pppd with a script? :)

Use 'strace' to see what is happening when (if) it tried to suid.

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