Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 21:14:31 -0400 From: Matthew Swift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The pppd executable needs to have the setuid bit set when it is installed. No, this was done intentionally. Making pppd setuid root is a huge security hole. The solution is to run pppd as root. There really isn't any reason for normal users to be executing it.
