Hi On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 06:49:56PM +0200, Jose L Fernández Jambrina wrote: > Hi Ola, > Thanks for your attention. > > Would it be possible to forward upstream? > > I agree your care about to suid it.
I do not really know what to forward to upstream. My general concern about security or something else? Upstream can not really do anything about this as far as I know. Or what did you mean? Regards, // Ola > Regards. > > > Ola Lundqvist escribió: > >Hi > > > >On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 01:37:08PM +0200, Jose L Fernandez Jambrina wrote: > > > >>Package: pptp-linux > >>Version: 1.7.0-2 > >>Severity: wishlist > >> > >> > >>Hi, > >> I'am surprised that no method s provided to launch pptp by normal users. > >> > >> As long pptp needs pppd to work and pppd can be launched via pon by > >> users in the group dip, I sugest to make pptp usable by the same > >> method. I succeded by changing the permisions and group of > >> /usr/sbin/pptp to macth those of pppd: > >> > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /usr/sbin/pptp /usr/sbin/pppd > >>-rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip 260920 2006-07-12 18:34 /usr/sbin/pppd > >>-rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip 53076 2006-04-01 12:26 /usr/sbin/pptp > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > >> > >> > >> This allow me to use the pon and poff methods supplied by ppp, as long > >> as I include the full path of pptp in the pty line of the > >> /etc/ppp/peers/ file to workaround the #270343 bug, ie: > >> > >>pty "/usr/sbin/pptp mypptpserver.x.y.z --nolaunchpppd" > >> > > > >I think this is up to the local admin to decide actually. I do not really > >want to make is suid root as it may be a security flaw. I'm not convinced > >that it is robust enough to handle that. > > > >Regards, > > > >// Ola > > > > > >> Thanks > >> > >> > >>-- System Information: > >>Debian Release: testing/unstable > >> APT prefers testing > >> APT policy: (500, 'testing') > >>Architecture: i386 (i686) > >>Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > >>Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686 > >>Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) > >> > >>Versions of packages pptp-linux depends on: > >>ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared > >>libraries > >>ii ppp 2.4.4rel-2 Point-to-Point Protocol > >>(PPP) daem > >> > >>pptp-linux recommends no packages. > >> > >>-- no debconf information > >> > >> > >> > > > > > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
