> > kppp has root suid, is it really necessary ? > > pppd has already root suid, shouldn't it be be enough ? > no, since kppp needs to write into /etc/ppp/* Does it really need to write there ? No way to use ~/.ppprc only ?
I've noticed that all dialers use /var/lock/LCK..ttyS? files. So they must be run as root. This prevent for example wvdial to be run as non-root user. -- Olivier Blin
