On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 03:05:24PM -0700, The Gecko wrote: > 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... > > setuid is -rwsr-xr-x
Of course, probably a bigger problem is that it was the wrong port, rather than wrong permissions on pppd. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
