Cory Snavely writes:
> Yeah, but since pppd runs setuid root, just membership in dip won't let
> you kill pppd
Your ability to kill a pppd you started has nothing to do with group
membership. Pppd knows who started it and will obey a kill from that user.
> ... unless you set poff setuid root
> Cory Snavely writes:
> > I just set up ppp on my slink workstation yesterday, and I used sudo to
> > avoid setting scripts suid (although pppd installs as suid root). Even
> > though I'm using pon/poff, I'll bet sudo can solve your problem, too, if
> > suid scripts give you "the feeling".
>
> You
John Hasler wrote:
>
> Cory Snavely writes:
> > I just set up ppp on my slink workstation yesterday, and I used sudo to
> > avoid setting scripts suid (although pppd installs as suid root). Even
> > though I'm using pon/poff, I'll bet sudo can solve your problem, too, if
> > suid scripts give you
Cory Snavely writes:
> I just set up ppp on my slink workstation yesterday, and I used sudo to
> avoid setting scripts suid (although pppd installs as suid root). Even
> though I'm using pon/poff, I'll bet sudo can solve your problem, too, if
> suid scripts give you "the feeling".
You just need to
> > Only root is able to use wvdial, even though I thought wvdial has been
set
> > up for use by non-root users.
>
> was wvdial set up for this by yourself, or by the wvdial install program?
>
> > When I, as user david, type wvdial, I get an error that david cannot
have
> > access to /dev/ttyS1. Th
> Only root is able to use wvdial, even though I thought wvdial has been set
> up for use by non-root users.
was wvdial set up for this by yourself, or by the wvdial install program?
> When I, as user david, type wvdial, I get an error that david cannot have
> access to /dev/ttyS1. That's bette
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