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Date:      Fri, 03 Sep 1999 00:08:47 +0100
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        Ken Seggerman <suleyman@echonyc.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: user PPP only works for root 
Message-ID:  <199909022308.AAA68844@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 31 Aug 1999 23:53:31 EDT." <Pine.GSO.4.10.9908312325001.239-100000@echonyc.com> 

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> I have changed the permissions for /usr/sbin/ppp, /dev/tun0, and
> /dev/cuaa0 still I get the following
> 
> $ ppp
> Working in interactive mode
> Warning: No available tunnel devices found (Permission denied).
> Warning: bundle_Create: No such file or directory
> 
> Any suggestions would be most welcome.

The tun device driver insists that only a process with root 
privileges can open the tun device.  You cannot remove the suid bit 
from /usr/sbin/ppp.

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>                        <brian@FreeBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;                   <brian@OpenBSD.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !          <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk>




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