On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 07:26:17AM -0500, John Hasler wrote
> John P. writes:
> > Maybe things have changed since I installed PPP, but on my home system
> > /etc/ppp is owned root:root and has permissions 700. Users who are in
> > the dip group can use PPP, because pppd is owned root:dip and has
>
John P. writes:
> Maybe things have changed since I installed PPP, but on my home system
> /etc/ppp is owned root:root and has permissions 700. Users who are in
> the dip group can use PPP, because pppd is owned root:dip and has
> permissions 4754 (suid root, executable by group).
With /etc/ppp r
On Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 04:33:50PM -0500, John Hasler wrote
> Robert writes:
> > Is it [/etc/ppp being root.root] a bug?
>
> Yes. It should be root.dip .
>
> > Seems like the default for allowing a ppp dial out would be up to the
> > admin and not users?
>
> It is. The admin decides which user
Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
=> Is it a bug? Seems like the default for allowing a ppp dial out
=> would be
=> up to the admin and not users?
Yes, that's exactly what I thought. I have always found that to be able
to dial out as a regular user with Linux involves a lot of permission
changes
Robert writes:
> Is it [/etc/ppp being root.root] a bug?
Yes. It should be root.dip .
> Seems like the default for allowing a ppp dial out would be up to the
> admin and not users?
It is. The admin decides which users to put in the dip group.
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John Hasler
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Da
Check /etc/group file and make sure that your user account has the
permission in the dial group.
> -Original Message-
> From: Christian Dysthe [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 3:08 PM
> To: Debian-user
> Subject: pppd / pon problem
>
>
Is it a bug? Seems like the default for allowing a ppp dial out would be
up to the admin and not users?
Robert
At 04:00 PM 6/1/99 -0500, John Hasler wrote:
>Phillip Deackes writes:
>> Just had the same problem. The ownership of /etc/ppp had been set as
>> root.root
>
>Have you filed a bug report y
Phillip Deackes writes:
> Just had the same problem. The ownership of /etc/ppp had been set as
> root.root
Have you filed a bug report yet?
--
John Hasler
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Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
Christian Dysthe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
=> Hi,
=>
=> I run potato. Just did an ppp update using dselect, and now I can not
=> use pon
=> from my user account, I have to su to root to dial or I get the
=> message:
=>
=> /usr/sbin/pppd: Can't open options file /etc/ppp/peers/provider:
=> Permis
Hi,
this is the latest and greated ppp I beleive: ppp 2.3.7-4
It got updated yesterday...or was it the day before?
You mean I should purge this one and reinstall the same package?
On 01-Jun-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I run potato. Just did an ppp update using dselect, and now
Hi
yes the user is added to 'dip'
Permissions for etc/ppp is 40750
Permissions for /etc/ppp/peers is 42644
On 01-Jun-99 John Hasler wrote:
> Christian Dysthe writes:
>> I have trteid to change permissions for /etc/ppp/peers/provider, but no
>> go.
>
> Is your user in the 'dip' group? What are
Christian Dysthe writes:
> I have trteid to change permissions for /etc/ppp/peers/provider, but no
> go.
Is your user in the 'dip' group? What are the permissions on /etc/ppp and
/etc/ppp/peers?
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>
> Hi,
>
> I run potato. Just did an ppp update using dselect, and now I can not use pon
> from my user account, I have to su to root to dial or I get the message:
>
> /usr/sbin/pppd: Can't open options file /etc/ppp/peers/provider: Permission
> denied
>
> I have trteid to change permissions f
Hi,
I run potato. Just did an ppp update using dselect, and now I can not use pon
from my user account, I have to su to root to dial or I get the message:
/usr/sbin/pppd: Can't open options file /etc/ppp/peers/provider: Permission
denied
I have trteid to change permissions for /etc/ppp/peers/pro
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