Re: problems w/pppd 2.3.7

1999-04-17 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jeremy writes: > > drwxr-s--- 2 root dip 1024 Apr 12 08:17 /etc/chatscripts > > ... > > Hasn't been modified since I installed. I don't think this is relevant. > > Set group ID on execution on a directory does nothing useful that I > know

sgid bit on dirs Was: Re: problems w/pppd 2.3.7

1999-04-15 Thread rir
On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Jeremy wrote: > On 14 Apr 1999, John Hasler wrote: > > > Jeremy writes: > > > drwxr-s--- 2 root dip 1024 Apr 12 08:17 /etc/chatscripts > > > ... > > > > Set group ID on execution on a directory does nothing useful that I know > > of. The group needs execute pe

Re: problems w/pppd 2.3.7

1999-04-14 Thread John Hasler
Jeremy writes: > Just did this and got a "function not implemented" error. I changed the > /etc/ppp directory to same permissions and changed the group ID to dip > instead of root. Regular users can now establish a ppp connection. My permissions are: drwxr-x--- 2 root dip 1024 Ap

Re: problems w/pppd 2.3.7

1999-04-14 Thread Jeremy
On 14 Apr 1999, John Hasler wrote: > Jeremy writes: > > drwxr-s--- 2 root dip 1024 Apr 12 08:17 /etc/chatscripts > > ... > > Set group ID on execution on a directory does nothing useful that I know > of. The group needs execute permission to search the directory: > > drwxr-x---

Re: problems w/pppd 2.3.7

1999-04-14 Thread John Hasler
Jeremy writes: > drwxr-s--- 2 root dip 1024 Apr 12 08:17 /etc/chatscripts > ... > Hasn't been modified since I installed. I don't think this is relevant. Set group ID on execution on a directory does nothing useful that I know of. The group needs execute permission to search the d

Re: problems w/pppd 2.3.7

1999-04-14 Thread Jeremy
On 12 Apr 1999, John Hasler wrote: > > Now, only root can run pon, even though my users are in the dip group. > > What are the permissions on /etc/chatscripts, /etc/chatscripts/provider, > /etc/ppp, and /etc/ppp/peers? drwxr-s--- 2 root dip 1024 Apr 12 08:17 /etc/chatscripts -rw-r

Re: problems w/pppd 2.3.7

1999-04-13 Thread John Hasler
> Now, only root can run pon, even though my users are in the dip group. What are the permissions on /etc/chatscripts, /etc/chatscripts/provider, /etc/ppp, and /etc/ppp/peers? What is in your /etc/ppp/options file? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

problems w/pppd 2.3.7

1999-04-13 Thread Jeremy
Last night, I ran "apt-get dist-upgrade" before I went to sleep. When I got up today, I logged in and tried to execute "pon". I received an error, which I think had something to do with .ppprc. This file didn't exist, so I did 'touch .ppprc' to create it. Also, I had to make pppd setuid root ag