Debian wants users to be members of group "dip" in order to use pppd.
My /usr/sbin/pppd is owned by "root.dip", and is "-rwsr-xr--".

Hope this helps.

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On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, lpwang wrote:

:Hello all,
:I have a questions that I can not seem to find the answer to.  I have set up
:a linux box as a ppp server and a mail server.  I have installed smail and 
qpopper.  Both
:are working quite well.  I can finally use MS exchange client and Pegasus mail 
to get mail
:off my server.
:I do have one major problem.  I have been trying to set up a ppp server.  I 
have done it in the
:past using mgetty and AutoPPP.  Unfortunately, when I chmod u+s 
/usr/sbin/pppd, no error message
:is generated.  However, if I try and run it without being root, I get an error 
message.  Do I need to
:add a su or suid package to make it work.  Su works on my machine.  Is chmod 
broken or do I not
:know what I am doing?  (I probably don't know what I am doing)
:Another question.  Has any body used apsfilter, mgetty, diald as decribed by J 
Pollman (listed a a new link on LDP,
:A Home Server with Linux.  This set up would be perfect for my home network.  
I have static ip numbers.  Debian
:does this differently than Slackware and Redhat.
:Thanks.
:Lester
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