[aclug-L] Re: starting pppd by a normal user

[phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

there is a utillity that will give certain users certain root privilages.
forgive me i forget the name.
most of the time such packages are more trouble than they're worth.

myself i just keep one xterm as su and everything works.

i'm not much help, sorry.

phrostie

j m wagle wrote:

> Please excuse a newbie question.
>
> I am using redhat 5.2 but I set up my ppp connection (to
> southwind.net) exactly as John states in the 'how to', namely I used
> made the following files:
>
> /etc/ppp/pap.secrets
> /etc/ppp/southwind.chat
> /etc/ppp/options
>
> it works great. I start the connection by logging on as a super user
> and executing the following pppd:
>
> /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS3 115200
>
> my question:
> can I start this with a bash file from a 'normal' (not operator or
> 'super') user?  everything I have tried has failed with the
> following message:
>
>  must be root to run /usr/sbin/pppd, since it is not setuid-root
>
> ..end of cryptic message...
>
> I have made the program pppd and all the files readable by all
> users.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> thanks in advance,
> mike wagle,
> wichita, ks

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