How do I set up a PPP dialup connection for a User

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4 total messages Started by Matthew Wall Sat, 13 Mar 1999 00:00

#740

Author: Matthew Wall
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 00:00

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I have Redhat Linux, and for the root operator to get a ppp conection i have
to type:

/etc/ppp/ppplogin

I have set the file to "755", thus users should be able to use the file, but
the when i log in as a user and type the above line the it says /usr/pppd is
not allowed to be touched by the user.

How do I get this to work! Thanks for any help.

Re: How do I set up a PPP dialup connection for a User

#741

Author: Hexxor
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 00:00

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try chmoding pppd then  ;)


-Hexxor

On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Matthew Wall wrote:

> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 17:02:14 +1100
> From: Matthew Wall <kloner1@hotmail.com>
> Newsgroups: alt.linux, alt.os.linux, aus.computers.linux, zipworld.help
> Subject: How do I set up a PPP dialup connection for a User
> 
> I have Redhat Linux, and for the root operator to get a ppp conection i have
> to type:
> 
> /etc/ppp/ppplogin
> 
> I have set the file to "755", thus users should be able to use the file, but
> the when i log in as a user and type the above line the it says /usr/pppd is
> not allowed to be touched by the user.
> 
> How do I get this to work! Thanks for any help.
> 
> 
> 
>

Re: How do I set up a PPP dialup connection for a User

#742

Author: Bill Unruh
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 00:00

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In <7ccv1l$kmt$1@the-fly.zip.com.au> "Matthew Wall" <kloner1@hotmail.com> writes:

]I have Redhat Linux, and for the root operator to get a ppp conection i have
]to type:

]/etc/ppp/ppplogin


/usr/sbin/pppd also has to be made runnable by users and suid
chmod a+x /usr/sbin/pppd
chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd

]I have set the file to "755", thus users should be able to use the file, but
]the when i log in as a user and type the above line the it says /usr/pppd is
]not allowed to be touched by the user.

Re: How do I set up a PPP dialup connection for a User

#736

Author: Rose; Eric Gordon
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:00

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Hexxor <hexxor@rains.net> writes:

> try chmoding pppd then  ;)

What he meant (I hope :) is that you should set teh permissions as 4755 - ie.
set the suid bit - for pppd. My way of working it is to do that then also
set the ownership of the various files to root.ericr (I'm using redhat which
sets a group for each user) so that only I or those I place in teh correct
group can use pppd. Of course you don't need to be this restrictive if you
aren't a control-freak like me :)

Eric

-- 
Eric Rose
erose@ug.cs.usyd.edu.au

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