Re: Why doesn't pon execute in xterm window

[Paul Schwartz]

Robert Storey wrote:

Dear Paul,

Did you trying setting /usr/sbin/pppoe as suid root?

 chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppoe

regards,
Robert
 

Applied to pon, it solves the problems, but I still don't understand 
why, before that, the user could execute pon successfully in a console, 
but not in an xterm window. ? an imponderable?

Thanks
Paul
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:02:53 -0700
paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 

<snip lots>
Sorry about the thread but this is the first time I'm sending mail
from my Debian box, and clicking the reply to at the bottom of the
message in the Konqueror display didn't bring anything with it.
I have followed the earlier suggestions; adding the dialout group
really helped, but ...
   



 





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