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> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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