On Mon, 2002-03-18 at 15:11, Adam Hewitt wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to get Masqdialer working so that any user on my network (my > wife and myself) are able to connect to the net with it. I have changed the > permissions of the appropriate files however I am still getting this: > > /usr/sbin/pppd: must be root to run /usr/sbin/pppd, since it is not setuid-root > > what does this mean, and how do I fix it?
It means that you must be root to run the ppp daemon since you have not set it to be set userid root. Set userid root means that a script will run with the permissions of root (though it can be any user). This is a security nightmare unless handled correctly. See http://www.google.com/search?q=pppd+setuid+masqdialer For more info -- Tony Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG Key : 1024D/B5657C8B Key fingerprint = 9ED8 59CC C161 B857 462E 51E6 7DFB 465B B565 7C8B -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
