On 21-May-98 Shaleh wrote: > Check the permissions on the /dev/tty device. This is a LARGE cause of > the "ppp support" error. You can also try making your own kernel. PPP > is installed setuid so unless you changed anything it should be done. > setuid means that the bit is set so that when a program is started it > sets its uid (who runs it) to the user who owns it. So if it is a root > setuid app it is owned by root and had permission like srwxr-xr-x <-- > the 's' indicates setuid. I know this is just a type but it needs to be cleared...
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