I use pppd with the dial on demand option, it works great but I need a way of turning it on and off via pon/poff FROM the logged in user ...
To get this to work I have ... chmod u+s /usr/sbin/pppdroot chgrp dip /sbin/killall5 Sets up SUID for pppd pppconfig Setup users to use pon/poff .. puts users in group dip dselect bbppp vi /usr/bin/poff insert a FLAG="a" at line 52 to kill all pppds automatically Call bbppp with bbppp -thru -com -d And everything works aok with bbppp EXCEPT !!!! If root calls pon, it with ppp_on_boot in /etc/ppp then a user cannot stop pppd with poff However if the user calls pon, it works, poff stops pppd Due to my setup, I realy need ppp_on_boot to start and user to stop start if neccesarry. Any ideas ?? Dave PS Is the way I have setup dip and SUID secureish ??!! mv /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot /etc/ppp/no_ppp_on_boot -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
