daves debian writes:
> 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
That's how it is intended to work. One user should not be able to kill
another's connection.
> Due to my setup, I realy
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 u
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