Hello
csj (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> On 7. December 2003 at 10:52PM +0100,
> Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> You can of course use predefined connections with pon/poff if
>> you are in the dip group, and you can create your own ones for
>> use with kppp /without/ kppp being suid root, if you are in the
>> dialout group.
>
> It's the "predefined" part that's the problem. Let's say I'm on
> vacation and my friend borrows my computer. He reads about a
> promo from Dirt-Cheap-ISP and decides to subscribe. How is he
> going to enter his login details, without going root, to connect
> to Dirt-Cheap-ISP? It seems his only choice is kppp, which needs
> to be suid root to make it user configurable.
No, again: kppp /does/ /not/ have to be suid root. I use kppp to dial in
using login and passwort defined within kppp, and it is not suid root:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ll /usr/bin/kppp
-rwxr-sr-- 1 root dip 405k 11. Sep 13:48 /usr/bin/kppp
I am member of the dip and dialout groups, and it works.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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