[plug] Debian newbie question re:permissions

[sol]

I chmod'ed both /usr/sbin/pppd and /etc/ppp/options to 777 (isn't it a 
no-no to leave configuration files with open permissions, especially if 
they contain passwords?) and we must be making progress because I got a 
different error message:
/usr/sbin/pppd: must be root to run /usr/sbin/pppd, since it is not 
setuid-root

This came after I chgrp'ed /usr/sbin/pppd from dip to dialout also.

Sol


Greg Mildenhall wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, sol wrote:
> 
>> my guess (based on the error message) is that it's /etc/ppp/options is
>> the sticking point. (Present permissions are set to 733)
> 
> 733 is unreadable except by the owner.
> 
> -Greg
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