At 2002-02-17 17:57 +0800, Vic Berdin wrote: >Hello, > >Sorry to bug you guys like this, and it's a sunday! Anyways, I'm really >desperate. I've already sent a message to the LEAF user mailing list, >and still awaiting any replies. I'm having a permission denied problem >if I run "pppd" using a non-root account. This is the reason why I can't >log (dial-in) non-root accounts into my Dachstein box. If I were to >change the property of the binary to execute on all users (chmod 777 >pppd), I get a "-pppd: must be root to run -pppd, since it is not >setuid-root" message. If I change the permission further in order to get >a suid bit (chmod 4755 pppd), the said message remains, and more than >that, the binary will fail to work at all. >This problem applies to all pppd v2.3.xx found on the LEAF site. > >Are there any special requirements on the accounts that I must create in >order for pppd (or login???) to accept my dial-in attemps?
Vic, Have you diffed the old /etc/ppp/options file against the new one? I did a quick search on Google for possible solutions. I hope this helps. http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=pppd+setuid+site%3Alinuxdoc.org -- Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/ http://leaf.sourceforge.net/content.php?menu=1000&page_id=4 _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
