[plug] PPP on demand

Greg Mildenhall greg at networx.net.au
Thu Feb 10 23:48:16 WST 2000


On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, John Summerfield wrote:
> pppd needs to be setuid root, but according to its docs it's written to be 
> run setuid root so users can use it.

Of course, that's no reason to let just anyone use it. Make sure it is not
world executable. It should be suid-root, but only executable by a
"dialout" group or suchlike.

-Greg




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