Re: allowing one user to run pppd (2 solutions, some questions)

2000-11-27 Thread Tony Nugent
On Wed Nov 22 2000 at 22:46, Tony Nugent wrote: > Essentially, this is a question about pam. ... and I really didn't get much of a response last week to the actual questions I was asking :-( (Is there a better place to ask questions about pam?) Background: > Not long ago I posted a message

Re: allowing one user to run pppd (2 solutions, some questions)

2000-11-25 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Another: When it is, can we get rid of PAM? > They both serve completely different purposes. Please clarify ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel

Re: allowing one user to run pppd (2 solutions, some questions)

2000-11-24 Thread Dax Kelson
John Summerfield said once upon a time (Thu, 23 Nov 2000): > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > You are describing ACLs. The ACL patch for the Linux is well > > maintained. > > > Go crazy > > > http://acl.bestbits.at/ > > Good to see, I'm looking at it now. > > A question: How soon is this going to

Re: allowing one user to run pppd (2 solutions, some questions)

2000-11-22 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > You are describing ACLs. The ACL patch for the Linux is well > maintained. > Go crazy > http://acl.bestbits.at/ Good to see, I'm looking at it now. A question: How soon is this going to be incorporated? Another: When it is, can we get rid of PAM?

Re: allowing one user to run pppd (2 solutions, some questions)

2000-11-22 Thread Dax Kelson
John Summerfield said once upon a time (Thu, 23 Nov 2000): > A better system (and it's been around for 20 years or so that I know of) > requires no changes to programs to secure them; the can even be on public view. > > The security manager would issue a command that goes something like this: > g

Re: allowing one user to run pppd (2 solutions, some questions)

2000-11-22 Thread John Summerfield
> Essentially, this is a question about pam. > > Not long ago I posted a message here asking if it was possible to set > things up so that besides root, only one other particular user is made > able to run /usr/sbin/pppd without the use of a password. I did not > want to make pppd suid or be for

allowing one user to run pppd (2 solutions, some questions)

2000-11-22 Thread Tony Nugent
Essentially, this is a question about pam. Not long ago I posted a message here asking if it was possible to set things up so that besides root, only one other particular user is made able to run /usr/sbin/pppd without the use of a password. I did not want to make pppd suid or be forced to do it