Re: lossing chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd setting after reboot

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From: Techtonik
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 00:00

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It's probably because when pppd is started it is spawned by one of the
system accounts....just go into your init.d scripts and add a line in that
spawns it as root as opposed to whatever user is spawning it....

"David. E. Goble" <goble@gtech> wrote in message
news:39dcec1b.1692414@news.adelaide.on.net...
> Hi All;
>
> I set pppd with chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd, as root So my users can dial
> out and it works. Until I reboot the computer. Then the setting is
> lost.
>
> Whats wrong????
>
> Also I have set up inn as a newsreader, with pine. But can not figure
> out how to set it up so I do not have to start innd after very reboot.
> --Regards       David. E. Goble
>              goble [AT] kin.net.au
>           http://www.kin.net.au/goble
> Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223

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From: "Techtonik" <techtonik@excite.com>
Subject: Re: lossing chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd setting after reboot
Date: 2000/10/06
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