On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 10:45:03AM +0200, Jose L. Fernandez Jambrina wrote: > Hi Ola, > > > El Jue, 24 de Agosto de 2006, 9:31 pm, Ola Lundqvist escribió: > > Hi > > > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 06:49:56PM +0200, Jose L Fernández Jambrina wrote: > >> Hi Ola, > >> Thanks for your attention. > >> > >> Would it be possible to forward upstream? > >> > >> I agree your care about to suid it. > > > > I do not really know what to forward to upstream. My general concern about > > security or something else? Upstream can not really do anything about this > > as far as I know. Or what did you mean? > > > I mind the ability to launch pptp by a selected user, preferably by > using the same method as pppd.
You can do that by doing what was described in the first mail, by setting it suid root. It is not the program itself that limit this, but rather the kernel, so this is the way to do. However I think it should only be documented as it is a potential security risk. Regards, // Ola > > Regards, > > > > // Ola > > > > > >> Regards. > > > > > > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
