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Date:      Sat, 27 Jun 1998 13:14:17 +0100
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        Dmitrij Tejblum <tejblum@arc.hq.cti.ru>
Cc:        Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Dmitrij Tejblum <dt@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-usrsbin@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pppd Makefile 
Message-ID:  <199806271214.NAA28571@awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 26 Jun 1998 20:21:15 %2B0400." <199806261621.UAA08964@arc.hq.cti.ru> 

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> > Dmitrij Tejblum wrote:
> > >   Make it setuid root again, as it always has been.
> > >   
> > >   PR:		7070
> > 
> > Whoops!!  Sorry, local change leaked in!  (we don't let shell users run 
> > pppd themselves)
> 
> Perhaps, pppd should have permisions same as user-level ppp:
> 
> BINMODE=4550

That should now be 4554 - otherwise a NFS mounted /usr won't allow 
root to run ppp (pointed out by bde).

> BINOWN= root
> BINGRP= network
> 
> I. e., setuid root, but not every user may execute it.
> 
> Dima

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