Am Samstag, 16. August 2003 19:13 schrieb Olivier Blin: > Hi > > kppp has root suid, is it really necessary ? > pppd has already root suid, shouldn't it be be enough ?
pppd setuid root => pppd has access to all files it needs as well as devices and is able to set the route kppp setuid root => using pppd as you were root, needed since using pppd as user you have only limited access to pppd. you can only dial with peerscripts and not set priviliged options. So kppp not running setuid root would result in not beeing able to use it at all. Steffen
