Hello Charles, Reason why I need to have "setuid-root" on my pppd binary is that a message saying:
"-pppd: must be root to run -pppd, since it is not setuid-root" pops out each time I log my non-root account into my DS box. I've tried the commands you've suggested, but still, the warning message keeps on popping out. I never had this problem before with the old ppp.lrp package (pppd v2.2). Only for some reason, I'm having problems making the old ppp package dial-out into my ISP. But my non-root account/s can definitely dial-in. I really like to use this 2.3.11 pppd roll as it is already capable of dialing out to my ISP. But first, I must figure out (I need help actually) how to fix this problem. .... and ofcourse my non-root user/s shell is "/usr/sbin/pppd" TIA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Steinkuehler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vic Berdin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:40 PM Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] help on LEAF ppp.lrp (2.3.11) > > Can anyone point me out to a link where i can get a linux > > tool/source that can "setuid-root"the pppd binary that > > comes with the package? > > No special tools necessary. The setuid bit is just one of the normal file > "mode" bits used in *nix. You see these modes when you do "ls -l". You can > set the mode bits with the chmod command. > > To set the setuid bit on the pppd binary, just: > chmod u+s pppd > > If for some reason you have problems with this, you can run: > chmod 4755 pppd > > to overwrite any existing permissions, and set the setuid bit in the > process. > > You should end up with: > -rwsr-xr-x > > as permissions when listed with ls -l...the "s" indicates user execute > permissions, with setuid. > > Charles Steinkuehler > http://lrp.steinkuehler.net > http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) > > > _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
