Subject: Re: How do I start ppp without being root
To: Roger Fischer <roger@badger1.net>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@fb.sa.enteract.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/28/1998 13:44:08
On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Roger Fischer wrote:

> I don't like having to SU everytime I start PPP.
> I did a chmod o+x on all the ppp-scripts and I checked that pppd is
> other+x, but still if I try to start ppp as anything other than root, I get
> permission denied.  How can I change this?

You need to compile a kernel with the line ``options SETUIDSCRIPTS'' in
the config file. Then you can then do a ``chmod u+s'' on your ppp scripts
to make them run as root. That way, pppd will think it's being run by
root, and you won't have to change anything else.