Re: [Re: [gentoo-dev] Permissions to dial out ?]

[Jerry A!]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 09:41:21AM +0100, Viktor Lakics wrote:
: Thanks Jerry,
: 
: I will look into it (the suid issue) tonight when I get home.
: 
: BTW I use wvdial and kppp, both has this issue.

Aren't those both frontends to pppd?  What happens when you try to
fire-up pppd as a user and not as root?  Also, do you have pppd
listening for incoming connections at the same time that you're trying
to dial out?

Just some more stuff to try out.

        --Jerry

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