I have a similar question. I want to use ezppp as a non-root user, but i
get a message saying:
must be root to run pppd, since it is not setuid-root
I went to the man pppd page but still couldn't figure out what to do.
Leston
At 01:30 PM 6/10/98 +0300, you wrote:
>how do I change the uid under which a program runs ?
>is it possible for a regular user to run a program that requires root
>privileges ? (like "shutdown -r now")
>what is setuid/suid ?
>
>bcd
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